Anon Ól 5I
Kate Heslop (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Poem about Óláfr Tryggvason 5’ 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. 1066.
text and translation
Varð ei varr fyrr sverða
valdr, en steyft var Baldri
baugs af byrjar faxa
braut á sildar lautir.
Þar var í lund af landi
lastvarr kominn harri;
‘seggr, gjalt,’ sonr kvað Tryggva,
‘svinnr, forvitni þinnar.’
{Valdr sverða} varð ei varr fyrr en {Baldri baugs} var steyft braut af {faxa byrjar} á {lautir sildar}. Þar var harri, lastvarr í lund, kominn af landi; ‘gjalt, svinnr seggr,’ kvað {sonr Tryggva}, ‘forvitni þinnar.’
‘The ruler of swords [WARRIOR = Þorkell] did not become aware until the Baldr <god> of the ring [MAN = Þorkell] was toppled down off the steed of the breeze [SHIP] into the hollows of the herring [SEA]. There was the lord, faultless in temperament, come from the land; ‘pay, clever fellow,’ said Tryggvi’s son [= Óláfr], ‘for your curiosity.’’
notes and context
[1-4]: The man- and warrior-kennings both refer to Þorkell. Judging from the prose sources he seems to have been sitting at the landward end of the gang-plank facing Ormr inn langi, hoping to catch sight of Óláfr leaving the ship. This event is also mentioned in HSt Rst 29.
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editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], A. 9. Af et digt om Olaf Tryggvason 5: AII, 462, BII, 495, Skald II, 270; Finnur Jónsson 1884-91, 115, 119-20, ÓT 1958-2000, III, xxxiii, AM 61 1982, 22-5.
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