Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Hrynhenda, Magnússdrápa 20’ 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. 206.
Skjǫldungr, mun þér annarr aldri
œðri gramr und sólu fœðask.
Skjǫldungr, annarr gramr œðri þér mun aldri fœðask und sólu.
‘King, another lord loftier than you will never be born under the sun.’
Snorri tells how the names of famous dynasties, including the Skjǫldungar (descended from Skjǫldr in Denmark) have come to be used in poetry as appellations for rulers.
The sources identify Arnórr as poet, except ms. A, which names Markús, and U, in which the ll. follow straight on from ÞjóðA Lv 11/5-8.
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.
Skjǫldungr, mun þér annarr aldri
œðri maðr und sólu fœðask.
Skiǫlldvngr man þer annarr alldri æðri maðr vnd sólv | fæðaz .
(VEÞ)
†Skí[...]†,
œðri gramr und sólu †fe᷎[...]†.
†Skio᷎lldungr m; annarr alldri†,
œðri gramr und sólu fœðask.
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