Arn Hardr 14II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Haraldsdrápa 14’ 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. 276.
text and translation
Vítt fór vǫlsungs heiti;
varð marglofaðr harða,
sás skaut ór Nið nýtla
norðan herskips borði.
Heiti vǫlsungs fór vítt; varð harða marglofaðr, sás skaut nýtla borði herskips norðan ór Nið.
‘The [great] name of the sovereign went far and wide; he was most highly praised, who launched skilfully the warship’s plank from the north out of Nidelven.’
notes and context
Stanzas 14, 15 and 16 are quoted as an appendix to the account of the battle of Stamford Bridge, although they do not expressly describe the fighting.
The introduction ascribes Arnórr’s poetry about Haraldr’s last battle to the erfidrápa ‘memorial drápa’ he composed about him (Flat has Arni for Arnórr). — [3-4]: The reference to sailing out from Nidelven (the river Nið) may be intended specifically to recall Haraldr’s building and launching of a new warship there c. 1062, before the battle at the Nissan (Niz), as celebrated in ÞjóðA Har 1-4.
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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GKS 1009 fol (Mork) — 19v/39 - 19v/39
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GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 204rb/34 - 204rb/34
Vítt fór vǫlsungs heiti;
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varð marglofaðr harða,
sás skaut ór Nið nýtla
norðr hafskíða borðum . -
AM 66 fol (H) — 76v/18 - 76v/18
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GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 54rb/35 - 54rb/37
Vítt fór vǫlsungs hætti;
images
varð marglofaðr harða,
sás skaut ór Nið nýtla
norðan herskips borði.
editions and texts
Skj: Arnórr Þórðarson jarlaskáld, 6. Erfidrápa om kong Harald hårdråde 16: AI, 352, BI, 325, Skald I, 164; Mork 1928-32, 281, Andersson and Gade 2000, 274, 482 (MH); Flat 1860-8, III, 397 (MH); Fms 6, 422 (HSig ch. 119), Fms 12, 166; Whaley 1998, 294-5.
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