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Þjóð Yt 8I

Edith Marold (ed.) 2012, ‘Þjóðólfr ór Hvini, Ynglingatal 8’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 21.

Þjóðólfr ór HviniYnglingatal
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text and translation

Frák at Dagr
dauða orði
frægðar fúss
of fara skyldi,
þás valteins
til Vǫrva kom
spakfrǫmuðr
Spǫrs at hefna.
Ok þat orð
á austrvega
vísa ferð
frá vígi bar,
at þann gram
of geta skyldi
slǫnguþref
Sleipnis verðar.

Frák at Dagr, fúss frægðar, skyldi of fara orði dauða, þás {spakfrǫmuðr {valteins}} kom til Vǫrva at hefna Spǫrs. Ok ferð vísa bar þat orð frá vígi á austrvega, at {slǫnguþref {verðar Sleipnis}} skyldi of geta þann gram.
 
‘I learned that Dagr, eager for fame, had to depart by the word of death when the wise wielder of the twig of the slain [SWORD > WARRIOR] came to Vǫrvi to avenge Spǫrr. And the retinue of the leader bore the news from the fight to the east , that the flung grasper of the meal of Sleipnir <horse> [HAY > PITCHFORK] had to get that prince.

notes and context

King Dagr, son of Dyggvi, has a sparrow of which he is very fond and whose language he can understand. This bird is killed by a farmer in Vǫrvi in Reiðgotaland, whereupon the king, learning of its fate through sacrificing a boar, takes an army there. He avenges the killing bitterly, only to be killed by a pitchfork flung at him as he returns to his ships.

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Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.

editions and texts

Skj: Þjóðólfr ór Hvini, enn hvinverski, 1. Ynglingatal 8-9: AI, 9, BI, 8, Skald I, 5; Hkr 1893-1901, I, 34, IV, 9-10, ÍF 26, 36, Hkr 1991, I, 20 (Yng ch. 18), F 1871, 13; Yng 1912, 24, 59-60, Yng 2000, 24; Yt 1914, 5, Yt 1925, 200, 223-5.

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