ÞjóðA Lv 1II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Lausavísur 1’ 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. 165.
introduction
{Two launchers {of the meadow {of the offspring of Fáfnir}}} [snake > gold > generous men] I let fall there to the ground, {linden tree {of the bright beacon {of the land of Leifnir ‹sea-king›}}} [sea > gold > woman]. Before
text and translation
Leiða langar dauða
limar illa mik stillis;
bôrut menn inn mæra
Magnús í grǫf fúsir.
Langar limar dauða stillis leiða mik illa; menn bôrut inn mæra Magnús fúsir í grǫf.
‘The long branches of the death of the ruler affect me grievously; men did not carry the glorious Magnús gladly [lit. glad] into the grave.’
notes and context
Among excerpts in TGT illustrating various types of solecism, this is cited to show tíðaskipti ‘change of tense’, presumably pres. tense leiða alongside pret. brut (so TGT 1927, 53 n.), though the pres. tense is justified by its continuing relevance.
A similar display of grief at Magnús’s death is depicted in Okík Magn 2-3 and Anon (MH).
readings
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 748 I b 4° (A) — 4v/23 - 4v/24
imagesLeiða langar dauða
limar illa mik stillis;
bruð menn inn mæra
Magnús í grǫf fúsir.læiða langar dꜹða limar illa | mik stillis barvð ᴍenn hinn mæra ᴍagnvs igrǫf fusir .
(VEÞ)
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AM 242 fol (W) — 103/19 - 103/20
imagesLeiða langir dauða
limar illa mik stillis;
bôrut menn inn mæra
Magnús í grǫf fúsir.Leiðar langar dauða limar illa mik stillis | barut menn hínn mæra magnvs i gro᷎f fusir.
(TW)
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AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 413r - 413r
images
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