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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Arn Hardr 13II

Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Haraldsdrápa 13’ 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. 274-5.

Arnórr jarlaskáld ÞórðarsonHaraldsdrápa
121314

text and translation

Eigi varð ins œgja
auðligr konungs dauði;
hlífðut hlenna sœfi
hoddum reknir broddar.
Heldr køru meir ins milda
mildings an grið vildi
of folksnaran fylki
falla liðsmenn allir.

Dauði ins œgja konungs varð eigi auðligr; broddar reknir hoddum hlífðut {sœfi hlenna}. Allir liðsmenn ins milda mildings køru meir heldr falla of folksnaran fylki an vildi grið.
 
‘The death of the fearsome king was not unadorned; spear-points inlaid with gold did not protect the slayer of robbers [JUST RULER]. All the liegemen of the gracious prince chose much rather to fall beside the battle-swift commander than wishing quarter.

notes and context

Once Haraldr Sigurðarson has fallen, the Engl. Harold Godwineson (Haraldr Guðinason) offers peace to his brother Tostig (Tósti) and the surviving Norwegians, but all declare they would rather fall one on top of another than make peace with the English, and they raise a battle-cry, which leads into the second phase of fighting.

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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.

editions and texts

Skj: Arnórr Þórðarson jarlaskáld, 6. Erfidrápa om kong Harald hårdråde 15: AI, 352, BI, 325, Skald I, 164, NN §§1136, 2989A; Hkr 1893-1901, III, 210-11, ÍF 28, 191, Hkr 1991, 686 (HSig ch. 92), F 1871, 249, E 1916, 98; Fsk 1902-3, 293 (ch. 60), ÍF 29, 288 (ch. 70); Mork 1928-32, 278, Andersson and Gade 2000, 272, 482 (MH); Flat 1860-8, III, 396 (MH); Fms 6, 420 (HSig ch. 119), Fms 12, 166; Whaley 1998, 291-3.

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