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Sigurðardrápa — Balti SigdrII

Bǫðvarr balti

Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘ Bǫðvarr balti, Sigurðardrápa’ 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, pp. 533-6. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1113> (accessed 19 April 2024)

 

Two sts and one helmingr in dróttkvætt metre are preserved from Sigurðardrápa ‘Drápa about Sigurðr’ (Balti Sigdr) at the end of SslembMork (Mork), where they are attributed to Bǫðvarr halti ‘the Lame’ (Mork 1928-32, 438): Þess miɴiz Bꜹþvaʀ hallti idrapo er hann orti vm S. konvng Harallz s. ‘Bǫðvarr halti commemorates this in the drápa which he composed about King Sigurðr Haraldsson’ (see Biography above). The sts are devoted to the battle of Holmengrå in 1139 (see also ESk Ingdr 1; Ívarr Sig 34-45; Kolli Ingdr 4-5), and they are preserved only in Mork. Another helmingr is cited in SnE (Skm) in mss R, Tˣ, W, U and B as well as in LaufE (2368ˣ, 743ˣ). Ms. U gives Bǫðvarr balti as the poet, but R and B attribute it to Kolli (inn prúði) (Kolli) and Tˣ to Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson (Arn). In W, 2368ˣ and 743ˣ it is written as one st. together with Arn Þorfdr 24/1-4 as the first helmingr. Scholars agree that this half-st. most likely belonged to Bǫðvarr’s Sigdr; see Fidjestøl 1982, 159-60 and Notes to st. 4 below. Because Sigurðr is addressed directly in sts 1-2, the poem must have been composed prior to his death in 1155.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Fidjestøl, Bjarne. 1982. Det norrøne fyrstediktet. Universitet i Bergen Nordisk institutts skriftserie 11. Øvre Ervik: Alvheim & Eide.
  3. Mork 1928-32 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1928-32. Morkinskinna. SUGNL 53. Copenhagen: Jørgensen.
  4. Internal references
  5. Edith Marold 2017, ‘Snorra Edda (Prologue, Gylfaginning, Skáldskaparmál)’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols [check printed volume for citation].
  6. Diana Whaley 2017, ‘(Biography of) Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 3.
  7. Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘(Biography of) Bǫðvarr balti’ 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, pp. 533-6.
  8. (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=112> (accessed 19 April 2024)
  9. Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Þorfinnsdrápa 24’ 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, pp. 258-9.
  10. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Ingadrápa 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, pp. 562-3.
  11. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Ívarr Ingimundarson, Sigurðarbálkr 34’ 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. 521.
  12. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Kolli inn prúði, Ingadrápa 4’ 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. 531.
  13. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Laufás Edda’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=10928> (accessed 19 April 2024)
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