Anon Óldr 9I
Kate Heslop (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Óláfs drápa Tryggvasonar 9’ 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. 1040.
text and translation
Austr þingat kom yngvi;
áðr frák jarl af hjarli
— kœnn með krapti hreinum
Kristr tœði gram — flœðu.
Ógnmildr lét þá ǫldum
ǫðlingr, sás gaf hringa,
— þjóð tók glǫð við góðum
goðs ôr — trúu boðna.
Yngvi kom austr þingat; frák jarl flœðu áðr af hjarli; kœnn Kristr tœði gram með hreinum krapti. Ógnmildr ǫðlingr, sás gaf hringa, lét þá trúu boðna ǫldum; þjóð tók glǫð við {góðum ôr goðs}.
‘The ruler [Óláfr] came east to there; I heard the jarl [Hákon] fled from [his] territory before; wise Christ helped the prince with pure power. The battle-liberal prince, who gave rings, then had the faith proclaimed to men; glad, the people received the good emissary of God [MISSIONARY].’
notes and context
Óláfr’s return to Norway and promulgation of Christianity there is also the subject of HSt Rst 7-9.
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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Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 112vb/9 - 112vb/13
imagesAustr þingat kom yngvi;
áðr frák jarl af hjarli
— kœn með krapti hreinum
Kristr tœði gram — flœðu.
Ógnmildr †lęt† þá ǫldum
ǫðlingr, sás gaf hringa,
— þjóð tók glǫð við góðum
goðs ôr — †trv† boðna.Avstr þíngath | kom yngvi adr fra ek jarl af hiarli. kęn med krapti | hreínvm cristr tędi gram flędv. ogn milldr lęt þa olldvm | odlíngr sa er gaf hrínga þiod tok glo᷎d vid godvm | gvds ar trv bodna
(DW)
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XII], [1]. Óláfs drápa Tryggvasonar 9: AI, 575, BI, 569, Skald I, 276, NN §§1218, 2991A; Munch and Unger 1847, 121, 141, Gullberg 1875, 13-14, 27-8.
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