ÞjóðA Sex 8II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Sexstefja 8’ 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, p. 120.
text and translation
Ok hertoga hneykir
herfingnum lét stinga
— leyfð berk hans — ór hǫfði
haugs skundaði augu.
Ok {hneykir hertoga} lét stinga augu ór hǫfði {herfingnum skundaði haugs}; berk leyfð hans.
‘And the confounder of war-leaders [RULER] had the eyes stabbed out of the head of the war-captured impeller of the mound [GENEROUS RULER]; I proffer a eulogy of him [Haraldr].’
notes and context
Within a discussion in Skm of heiti for rulers, the st. illustrates the point that hertogi ‘army leader’ can designate kings as well as jarls, since they lead armies into battle.
The st. seems to refer to the same incident as st. 7.
readings
- [1] Ok: ‘[...]k’ B, Ok 744ˣ
- [1] ‑toga: ‘‑tug[…]’ B, ‘‑tuge’ 744ˣ
- [1] hneykir: hnykkir B, hnekkir C
- [2] her‑: ‘h[…]’ B, harð 744ˣ
- [2] ‑fingnum: ‘fengnum’ R, Tˣ, C, ‘‑feinngium’ B
- [2] lét stinga: ‘l[...]a’ B, lét stinga 744ˣ
- [4] haugs: haug B
- [4] skundaði: so Tˣ, skyndaði R, B, C
- [4] augu: ‘a[...]’ B, augu 744ˣ
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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GKS 2367 4° (R) — 39r/20 - 39r/21
imagesOk hertoga hneykir
her†fengnum† lét stinga
— leyfð berk hans — ór hǫfði
haugs skyndaði augu.Oc hertoga hneykir herfeng nvm let stinga leyfð ber | ec hans or haufþi hꜹgs skyndaþi avgv.
(DW)
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Traj 1374x (Tx) — 41r/2 - 41r/2
Ok hertoga hneykir
images
her†fengnum† lét stinga
— leyfð berk hans — ór hǫfði
haugs skundaði augu. -
AM 757 a 4° (B) — 7r/9 - 7r/10
†[...]k† her†-tug[…]† hnykkir
images
†h[…]††-feinngium l[...]a†
— leyfð berk hans — ór hǫfði
haug skyndaði †a[...]†. -
AM 744 4°x (744x) — 46v/6 - 46v/9
Ok her†-tuge† hneykir
images
harðfingnum lét stinga
— leyfð berk hans — ór hǫfði
haugs skundaði augu. -
AM 748 II 4° (C) — 8r/11 - 8r/12
Ok hertoga hnekkir
images
her†fengnum† lét stinga
— leyfð berk hans — ór hǫfði
haugs skyndaði augu.
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