Anon (Ólkyrr) 1II
Kari Ellen Gade and Diana Whaley (eds) 2009, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Óláfs saga kyrra 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. 824.
introduction
This helmingr (Anon (Ólkyrr) 1) is recorded in Ágr (Ágr), Mork (ÓlkyrrMork), in mss Kˣ, 39, F, E and J2ˣ of HSigHkr and in H, Hr (ÓlkyrrH-Hr). The prose shows that Mork follows Ágr closely, but Hkr places the st. in a new context. H and Hr are Hkr mss here, and F gives the st. twice, once in the Hkr context, and once in the Mork context. The stemmata and the order of mss and eds have been arranged accordingly. Because Ágr represents the earliest redaction, it has been chosen as the main ms.
text and translation
Varði ógnarorðum
Ôláfr ok friðmôlum
jǫrð, svát engi þorði
allvalda til kalla.
Ôláfr varði jǫrð ógnarorðum ok friðmôlum, svát engi allvalda þorði kalla til.
‘Óláfr defended the country with words of threat and peace talks, so that no mighty ruler dared to lay claim to [it]. ’
notes and context
In Ágr, Mork and F(56ra) the helmingr documents Óláfr’s ability to maintain peace without war. Hkr and H-Hr insert it after the peace-treaty between Óláfr and Sveinn Úlfsson of Denmark (c. 1070).
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 325 II 4° (Ágr) — 18vb/8 - 18vb/11
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GKS 1009 fol (Mork) — 20v/37 - 20v/37
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AM 45 fol (F*) — 56ra/24 - 56ra/25
imagesVarði ognar orðom olafr ok friþ | malum iorð sva at engi þorði allvallda til kalla·
(VEÞ)
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AM 63 folx (Kx) — 588r - 588r
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AM 39 fol (39) — 32va/10 - 32va/10
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AM 45 fol (F*) — 54va/3 - 54va/4
imagesVarþ ognar orðom olafr | ok friþ malom · iorð sva at engi þorði allvallda til kalla·
(VEÞ)
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AM 47 fol (E) — 29r/32 - 29r/33
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AM 38 folx (J2x) — 301r/19 - 301r/22
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AM 66 fol (H) — 78v/24 - 78v/24
Varði ógnarorðum
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Ôláfr ok friðmôlum
jǫrð, svát eigi þorði
all-valdr til kalla. -
GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 55vb/2 - 55vb/2
Varði ógnarorðum
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Ôláfr friðmôlum
jǫrð, svát eigi þorði
all-valdr til kalla. -
AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 495r/2 - 495r/5
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editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte om historiske personer og begivenheder [XI], [7]. Lausavísur 11: AI, 426-7, BI, 396, Skald I, 196; ÍF 29, 41 (ch. 43), Ágr 1995, 60-1 (ch. 44); Mork 1867, 127, Mork 1928-32, 292, Andersson and Gade 2000, 282, 483 (Ólkyrr); F 1871, 259 (Ólkyrr); ÍF 28, 202 (HSig ch. 101), F 1871, 254, E 1916, 103; Fms 6, 437 (Ólkyrr ch. 1).
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