Anon (Hák) 2II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar 2’ 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. 849.
introduction
The st. (Anon (Hák) 2) is transmitted in mss E, F, 42ˣ, 81a, 304ˣ (8 has a lacuna), 3252VIII 5 b and Flat. The metre is málaháttr and E is the main ms.
text and translation
Eina kannk vísu: ari sat á steini;
ok ina aðra: ari sat á steini;
ǫlls, sem ein sé: ari sat á steini.
Kannk eina vísu: ari sat á steini; ok ina aðra: ari sat á steini; ǫlls, sem ein sé: ari sat á steini.
‘I know one verse: an eagle sat on a rock; and this second one: an eagle sat on a rock; everything is, as if it were one: an eagle sat on a rock.’
notes and context
This st. forms the opening of a speech made by Jarl Skúli Bárðarson in 1233 in response to a barrage of accusations levelled against him by Hákon Hákonarson and many of the district chieftains.
For this event, see also Ólhv Hryn 3. — The st. is difficult to reconstruct, and it looks as though it has been abbreviated in E, 81a and 325VIII 5 b. The full st. is preserved with the ll. given in the order presented above (with some variations) in 42ˣ, 304ˣ and Flat. Ms. F follows E and 325VIII 5 b, but adds ll. 3-4 in the present edn as ll. 5-6. Ms. 81a gives ll. 1-4 in the present edn, but omits ll. 5-6. Skj B prints the st. as given in E and F, whereas Kock (Skald; NN §3158) gives ll. 1-4 from Flat, but omits that version’s ll. 5-6.
readings
- [1] vísu: ‘víssu’ 81a
- [2] steini: hellu 81a
- [3] ok ina aðra: so 81a, 304ˣ, ǫlls sem ein sé E, F, ok þá aðra es 42ˣ, es ǫll sem ein sé 325VIII 5 b, aðra kannk vísu Flat
- [5] ǫlls sem ein sé: so 42ˣ, 304ˣ, Flat, om. E, 81a, 325VIII 5 b, ok ina aðra F
- [6] ari sat á steini: so F, 42ˣ, Flat, om. E, 81a, 325VIII 5 b, ari sat 304ˣ
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 47 fol (E) — 164v/26 - 164v/26
imagesEina kannk vísu:
ari sat á steini;
ǫlls sem ein sé :
ari sat á steini;
, :
.eina kann ek uisu ari sat asteini aull er sem ein sé ari sat asteini·
(VEÞ)
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AM 45 fol (F) — 104rb/5 - 104rb/7
imagesEina kannk vísu:
ari sat á steini;
ǫlls sem ein sé :
ari sat á steini;
ok ina aðra, :
ari sat á steini.Eína kaɴ ek visv arí sat | a steíní · oll er sem eín se ari sat a steíní · ok hína aðra | ari sát a steíní·
(VEÞ)
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AM 42 folx (42x) — 140v - 140v
Eina kannk vísu:
images
ari sat á steini;
ok þá aðra es :
ari sat á steini;
ǫlls, sem ein sé:
ari sat á steini. -
AM 81 a fol (81a) — 96va/28 - 96va/29
imagesEina kannk †víssu†:
ari sat á hellu;
ok ina aðra:
ari sat á steini;
, :
.Eína kann ek víssu . ari sat ꜳ hellu | Ok hína adra · are sat ꜳ steíne.
(VEÞ)
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AM 304 4°x (304x) — 304r - 304r
Eina kannk vísu:
images
ari sat á steini;
ok ina aðra:
ari sat á steini;
ǫlls, sem ein sé:
ari sat . -
AM 325 VIII 5 b 4° (325VIII 5 b) — 1r/3 - 1r/4
imagesEina kannk vísu:
ari sat á steini;
es ǫll sem ein sé :
ari sat á steini;
, :
.Eina kann ek uisu ari satt a steíni ær aull sem eín se ari sa | t asteini.
(VEÞ)
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GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 174va/35 - 174va/36
imagesEina kannk vísu:
ari sat á steini;
aðra kannk vísu :
ari sat á steini;
ǫlls, sem ein sé:
ari sat á steini.eína kann ek visu | ari sat ꜳ steíní . adra kann ek visu ari sat ꜳ steíní . oll er sem eín se ari sat a | steíní.
(VEÞ)
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