Anon (Mberf) 4^II

The couplet (Anon (Mberf) 4) is preserved in mss Kˣ, 39, F, E, J2ˣ and 42ˣ of MberfHkr, as well as in H, Hr (H-Hr), Mork (Mork) and FskAˣ and FskBˣ (Fsk). Kˣ is the main ms.

Allengi dvelr Ingi
ofanreið inn þjóbreiði.

Inn þjóbreiði Ingi dvelr ofanreið allengi.

The broad-arsed Ingi delays his descent overly long.

Mss: Kˣ(599v), 39(35ra), F(59rb), E(34v), J2ˣ(311v), 42ˣ(12r) (Hkr); H(90v), Hr(62rb) (H-Hr); Mork(24r) (Mork); FskBˣ(86v-87r), FskAˣ(342) (Fsk)

Readings: [1] Allengi: so F, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, H, Hr, Mork, FskBˣ, FskAˣ, All lengi Kˣ, corrected from alldrengi 39;    dvelr: dvalsk FskBˣ    [2] ‑reið: ‑reiðr FskBˣ;    þjó‑: stjǫl‑ FskAˣ

Editions: Skj AI, 591, Skj BI, 591, Skald I, 288; ÍF 28, 226 (Mberf ch. 13), F 1871, 275, E 1916, 121; Fms 7, 54 (Mberf ch. 26); Mork 1867, 150, Mork 1928-32, 328, Andersson and Gade 2000, 306, 487 (Mberf); ÍF 29, 310 (ch. 82).

Context: During his campaign in Sweden (c. 1100), Magnús berfœttr leaves behind troops in a stronghold by Lake Vänern under the command of the district chieftains Finnr Skoptason and Sigurðr ullstrengr Loðinsson. As they are waiting for the arrival of the Swed. king, Ingi Steinkelsson, the Norwegians recite this couplet.

Notes: [1] Ingi: Ingi Steinkelsson died in 1105. Magnús married his daughter, Margréta, as part of a peace treaty between Norway, Sweden and Denmark (c. 1102; see ÍF 28, 228-9). — [2] inn þjóbreiði ‘the broad-arsed’: Inn stjǫlbreiði ‘the broad-arsed’ (so FskAˣ) is also a possible reading but must be a scribal innovation.

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. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
4. Andersson, Theodore M. and Kari Ellen Gade, trans. 2000. Morkinskinna: The Earliest Icelandic Chronicle of the Norwegian Kings (1030-1157). Islandica 51. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press.
5. Mork 1928-32 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1928-32. Morkinskinna. SUGNL 53. Copenhagen: Jørgensen.
6. ÍF 26-8 = Heimskringla. Ed. Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson. 1941-51.
7. F 1871 = Unger, C. R., ed. 1871. Fríssbók: Codex Frisianus. En samling af norske konge-sagaer. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
8. E 1916 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1916. Eirspennill: AM 47 fol. Nóregs konunga sǫgur: Magnús góði – Hákon gamli. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske historiske kildeskriftskommission.
9. ÍF 29 = Ágrip af Nóregskonunga sǫgum; Fagrskinna—Nóregs konungatal. Ed. Bjarni Einarsson. 1985.
10. Mork 1867 = Unger, C. R., ed. 1867. Morkinskinna: Pergamentsbog fra første halvdel af det trettende aarhundrede. Indeholdende en af de ældste optegnelser af norske kongesagaer. Oslo: Bentzen.
11. Internal references
12. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Fagrskinna’ 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=56> (accessed 20 April 2024)
13. (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 20 April 2024)
14. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Morkinskinna’ 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=87> (accessed 20 April 2024)
15. (forthcoming), ‘ Heimskringla, Magnúss saga berfœtts’ 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=144> (accessed 20 April 2024)
16. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Magnúss saga berfœtts 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, pp. 831-2.