ÞjóðA Magnfl 6II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Magnússflokkr 6’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 70-2.
text and translation
Minn vá sigr fyr sunnan
snjallr Heiðabý spjalli;
nær frák skarpa skœru
Skotborgarô gotna.
Unði ótal Vinða
Ellu konr at fella;
hvar hafi gumnar gǫrva
geirhríð fregit meiri?
Snjallr spjalli minn vá sigr fyr sunnan Heiðabý; frák skarpa skœru gotna nær Skotborgarô. {Konr Ellu} unði at fella ótal Vinða; hvar hafi gumnar fregit gǫrva {meiri geirhríð}?
‘My valiant confidant won victory south of Hedeby (Heiðabýr); I learned of a bitter conflict of men near the Kongeå (Skotborgará). The descendant of Ella <legendary king> [= Magnús] relished cutting down countless Wends; where might men have heard of a greater spear-storm [BATTLE] being made?’
notes and context
Magnús takes on a massive army of heathen Wends at Lyrskovshede (Hlýskógsheiðr); the clash takes place by the Kongeå (Skotborgará), south [sic] of Hedeby (Heiðabýr). In H-Hr but not Flat the two helmingar are separated by the remark that the battle was ferocious, and Magnús killed almost numberless men. The traditions reported there are credited to the Icelander Oddr Gellisson.
The two helmingar, slightly separated in H-Hr (see Context) but joined in Flat, are neither crucially similar or dissimilar, but they both describe the victory against the Wends and are reasonably taken as a single st. — Like st. 5, this is anonymous in Flat.
readings
- [1] Minn: ‘Vímt’ or ‘Vnnt’ Hr
- [1] vá: var Flat
- [4] gotna: ‘gioruar’ Flat
- [6] Ellu: ‘elle’ Flat
- [7] hafi: hafa Flat
- [7] gumnar: ‘gumnar’ or ‘gunmar’ Hr, gunnar Flat
- [8] fregit: framit Flat
sources
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.
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AM 66 fol (H) — 8v/18 - 8v/22
imagesMínn vá sigr firi svnnan. sníallr heiðaby spíalli. nær | fra ek skarpa skíærv. skotborgar ꜳ̋ gotna. Vndí otal vinða. ellv | konr at fella. hvar hafí gvmnar gerfa. geirhrið | fregít meírí.
(DW)
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GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 8vb/25 - 8vb/30
†Vímt† vá sigr fyr sunnan
images
snjallr Heiðabý spjalli;
nær frák skarpa skœru
Skotborgarô gotna.
Unði ótal Vinða
Ellu konr at fella;
hvar hafi †gumnar† gǫrva
geirhríð fregit meiri? -
GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 191va/8 - 191va/8
Minn var sigr fyr sunnan
images
snjallr Heiðabý spjalli;
nær frák skarpa skœru
Skotborgarô †gioruar†.
Unði ótal Vinða
†elle† konr at fella;
hvar hafa gunnar gǫrva
geirhríð framit meiri?
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