Þjsk Sveindr 1I
Kate Heslop (ed.) 2012, ‘Þorleifr jarlsskáld Rauðfeldarson, Drápa about Sveinn tjúguskegg 1’ 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. 374.
text and translation
Opt með œrnri giptu
ǫðlings himins rǫðla
Jóta gramr inn ítri
Englandi rauð branda.
{Inn ítri gramr Jóta} rauð branda opt Englandi með œrnri giptu {ǫðlings {rǫðla himins}}.
‘The splendid ruler of the Jótar [DANISH KING = Sveinn] reddened blades often in England with ample luck of the Lord of the discs of the sky [HEAVENLY BODIES > = God]. ’
notes and context
Soon after arriving at Sveinn’s court, Þorleifr asks his permission to recite a poem about him. It is well received and Sveinn gives Þorleifr a ring and a sword in payment.
As noted above, the stanza is introduced as a, or the, stef ‘refrain’ from a forty-stanza drápa.
readings
- [2] ǫðlings: ǫðling 4867ˣ
- [3] Jóta: so 563aˣ, jótra Flat, Jóta corrected from jǫtna 4867ˣ
- [3] gramr: corrected from ‘grier’ 4867ˣ
- [3] inn: om. 563aˣ
- [3] ítri: ‘eytre’ 4867ˣ
- [4] Englandi: á Englandi 4867ˣ, 563aˣ
- [4] rauð: so 4867ˣ, roðit Flat, rjóða 563aˣ
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 1005 fol (Flat) — 27vb/50 - 27vb/50
imagesOpt með œrnri giptu
ǫðlings himins rǫðla
jótra gramr inn ítri
Englandi roðit branda.Oft | med ærnnri giftu o᷎dlíngs hímíns ʀo᷎dla iotra gramr hínn itri. æinglande ʀodít brannda.
(DW)
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BLAdd 4867x (4867x) — 100v/12 - 100v/14
Opt með œrnri giptu
ǫðling himins rǫðla
Jóta inn †eytre†
á Englandi rauð branda. -
AM 563 a 4°x (563ax) — 2/26 - 2/28
Opt með œrnri giptu
images
ǫðlings himins rǫðla
Jóta gramr ítri
á Englandi rjóða branda.
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