Arn Hryn 13II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Hrynhenda, Magnússdrápa 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. 198-200.
text and translation
Skjǫldungr, lézt við skíra valdit
Skotborgarô Venða sorgum;
yngvi, vas sá frægr, es fenguð,
fǫrnuðr þinn, við helming minna.
Vári, lá þar valkǫstr hæri,
— vas þér sigr skapaðr grams ins digra —
virðum kunnr, an víða runnin
varga ætt of klífa mætti.
Skjǫldungr, lézt valdit sorgum Venða við skíra Skotborgarô; yngvi, sá fǫrnuðr þinn, es fenguð við minna helming, vas frægr. Vári kunnr virðum, valkǫstr lá þar hæri an ætt varga, runnin víða, mætti of klífa; sigr ins digra grams vas skapaðr þér.
‘King, you caused griefs for the Wends by the gleaming Kongeå; sovereign, that success of yours, which you won with a smaller troop, was famed. Defender, renowned to men, a corpse-pile lay there higher than the clan of wolves, run from far and wide, could climb over; victory of the stout lord was granted you.’
notes and context
In H-Hr, the defeated Wends flee as far as the Kongeå (Skotborgará) where, caught up by Magnús’s men, they surge into the water. So many are slain that their bodies make a causeway. In Flat, the st. follows Arn Magndr 10, with a brief link.
H-Hr cites the st. from Arnórr’s ‘i hrynhendu’ (H) or ‘i hrunhendu’ (Hr).
readings
- [1] lézt: lét Hr
- [1] valdit: valdi Flat
- [4] fǫrnuðr: fǫrnuð Hr, ‘for naudr’ Flat
- [5] Vári (‘vare’): vaxi Hr, ‘vorru’ Flat
- [6] skapaðr: skaptr Hr
- [7] kunnr: kunn all
- [7] runnin: so Hr, Flat, runninn H
- [8] ætt of: ætt ef Hr, ættum Flat
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 66 fol (H) — 9r/25 - 9r/25
Skjǫldungr, lézt við skíra valdit
images
Skotborgarô Venða sorgum;
yngvi, vas sá frægr, es fenguð,
fǫrnuðr þinn, við helming minna.
Vári, lá þar valkǫstr hæri,
— vas þér sigr skapaðr grams ins digra —
virðum kunn, an víða runninn
varga ætt of klífa mætti. -
GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 9rb/4 - 9rb/4
Skjǫldungr, lét við skíra valdit
images
Skotborgarô Venða sorgum;
yngvi, vas sá frægr, es fenguð,
fǫrnuð þinn, við helming minna.
vaxi, lá þar valkǫstr hæri,
— vas þér sigr skaptr grams ins digra —
virðum kunn, an víða runnin
varga ætt ef klífa mætti. -
GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 191va/29 - 191va/29
Skjǫldungr, lézt við skíra valdi
images
Skotborgarô Venða sorgum;
yngvi, vas sá frægr, es fenguð,
†for naudr† þinn, við helming minna.
†vorru†, lá þar valkǫstr hæri,
— vas þér sigr skapaðr grams ins digra —
virðum kunn, an víða runnin
varga ættum klífa mætti.
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