Arn Magndr 13II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, 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, p. 223.
text and translation
Dǫrr lét drengja harri
drjúgspakr af þrek fljúga
— glœddi eldr af oddum —
almi skept á hjalma.
Létat hilmir hneiti
Hǫgna veðr í gǫgnum
— jôrn flugu þykkt sem þyrnir —
þél harðara sparðan.
Drjúgspakr harri drengja lét dǫrr, skept almi, fljúga af þrek á hjalma; eldr glœddi af oddum. Hilmir létat hneiti, harðara þél, sparðan í gǫgnum {veðr Hǫgna}; jôrn flugu þykkt sem þyrnir.
‘The ever-wise lord of warriors made spears, hafted with elm, fly powerfully at helmets; flame sparked from spear-points. The ruler did not allow his sword, harder than a file, to be spared throughout the wind-storm of Hǫgni <legendary hero> [BATTLE]; iron missiles flew thick as thorns.’
notes and context
Magnús fights a great battle off Helgenæs (Helganes). In H-Hr the st. is cited as evidence that Magnús shot hand-missiles all night long.
[2] drjúgspakr ‘ever-wise’: The cpd is not recorded elsewhere in ON, but drjúg- as an intensive occurs, e.g. in drjúghvast ‘very sharply’ (see LP).
readings
- [3] glœddi: ‘glæde’ Flat
- [4] skept: skeptr Hr, skreyttr Flat
- [5] hilmir: hilmi Flat
- [6] Hǫgna: hugnar Flat
- [6] gǫgnum: ‘gegvm’ Hr
- [7] þykkt: þykk Flat
- [8] harðara: ‘ard adra’ 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) — 12r/10 - 12r/10
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GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 10vb/27 - 10vb/27
Dǫrr lét drengja harri
images
drjúgspakr af þrek fljúga
— glœddi eldr af oddum —
almi skeptr á hjalma.
Létat hilmir hneiti
Hǫgna veðr í †gegvm†
— jôrn flugu þykkt sem þyrnir —
þél harðara sparðan. -
GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 191vb/21 - 191vb/21
Dǫrr lét drengja harri
images
drjúgspakr af þrek fljúga
— †glæde† eldr af oddum —
almi skreyttr á hjalma.
Létat hilmi hneiti
hugnar veðr í gǫgnum
— jôrn flugu þykk sem þyrnir —
þél †ard adra† sparðan.
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