7. Hulda and Hrokkinskinna (H-Hr)

Manuscripts

H:        Hulda, AM 66 fol (Icelandic; c. 1350-75). The beginning is missing.

Hr:       Hrokkinskinna, GKS 1010 fol (c. 1400-50 to fol. 91va, c. 1500-1600 thereafter).

Facsimile and editions: H 1968; Fms 6-7.

The compilation covers the lives of kings of Norway c. 1035-1177.

Poetry

H-Hr preserves only Sigv Lv 8 of the poetry edited in SkP I, but a large number of stanzas edited in SkP II.

References

1. Bibliography
2. Fms = Sveinbjörn Egilsson et al., eds. 1825-37. Fornmanna sögur eptir gömlum handritum útgefnar að tilhlutun hins norræna fornfræða fèlags. 12 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
3. H 1968 = Louis-Jensen, Jonna, ed. 1968. Hulda: Sagas of the Kings of Norway 1035-1177. Manuscript no. 66 fol. in the Arnamagnæan Collection. EIM 8. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
4. SkP I = Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Ed. Diana Whaley. 2012.
5. SkP II = Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Ed. Kari Ellen Gade. 2009.
6. Internal references
7. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Hulda-Hrokkinskinna’ 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. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=84> (accessed 29 November 2024)
8. R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Lausavísur 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. 709.