Arn Hryn 20II
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.
Mss: R(40r), Tˣ(41v), U(74), A(15v), B(6v), 744ˣ(43r), C(9v) (SnE)
Readings: [1] Skjǫldungr mun þér annarr aldri: ‘Skí[...]’ B, ‘Skio᷎lldungr m; annarr alldri’ 744ˣ [2] gramr: maðr A; fœðask: ‘fe᷎[...]’ B, fœðask 744ˣ
Editions: Skj AI, 338, Skj BI, 311, Skald I, 158; SnE 1848-87, I, 526-7, II, 463, 542, 608, SnE 1931, 185, SnE 1998, I, 104; Whaley 1998, 181.
Context: 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.
Notes: [All]: 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.
References
- Bibliography
- SnE 1848-87 = Snorri Sturluson. 1848-87. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar: Edda Snorronis Sturlaei. Ed. Jón Sigurðsson et al. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Legatum Arnamagnaeanum. Rpt. Osnabrück: Zeller, 1966.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Whaley, Diana, ed. and trans. 1998. The Poetry of Arnórr jarlaskáld: An Edition and Study. Westfield Publications in Medieval Studies 8. Turnhout: Brepols.
- SnE 1931 = Snorri Sturluson. 1931. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar. Ed. Finnur Jónsson. Copenhagen: Gyldendal.
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Internal references
- Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Lausavísur 11’ 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. 175-6.
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