Bjbp Jóms 19I
Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 19’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 975.
text and translation
Ein drepr fyr mér allri
— eldr gnauðaði víða
elri skœðr of eyjar —
ítrmanns kona teiti.
Góð ætt of kemr grimmu
— gaus upp logi ór húsum —
— griðum rænti sá gumna —
gœðings at mér stríði.
Ein kona ítrmanns drepr allri teiti fyr mér; eldr, skœðr elri, gnauðaði víða of eyjar. Góð ætt gœðings of kemr grimmu stríði at mér; logi gaus upp ór húsum; sá rænti gumna griðum.
‘A certain nobleman’s wife kills all joy for me; fire, damaging to alder-trees, roared widely throughout the islands. The good kinswoman of a chieftain brings cruel torment upon me; flame surged up from houses; that robbed men of peace. ’
notes and context
Lines 1, 4, 5 and 8 form the second appearance of the stef ‘refrain’; see Introduction. The stef lines present a patterned contrast to the lines they frame: frustrated love robs the poet of peace just as battle and burning rob trees and men of peace.
readings
- [5] kemr: ‘k[…]’ R, kemr 65ˣ, RCP, RFJ
- [7] griðum rænti sá: ‘grið[…]’ R, griðum blank space 65ˣ, ‘griðvm r(ænti sa)’(?) RCP, ‘griðvm (rænti) sa’(?) RFJ
- [8] at mér stríði: abbrev. as ‘a m s’ R
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 2367 4° (R) — 53v/29 - 53v/30
imagesEin drepr fyr mér allri
— eldr gnauðaði víða
elri skœðr of eyjar —
ítrmanns kona teiti.
Góð ætt of †k[…]† grimmu
— gaus upp logi ór húsum —
— †grið[…]† gumna —
gœðings .Ein drepr firir mer allri elldr gnavðaþi viða elri skæðr vm eyiar [itr] maɴz konan teiti | goð ætt of k[…] grimmo gavs vpp logi vr hvsvm grið[…] gvmna gæðings a m s
(DW)
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AM 65 folx (65x) — 381r - 381v
Ein drepr fyr mér allri
images
— eldr gnauðaði víða
elri skœðr of eyjar —
ítrmanns kona teiti.
Góð ætt of kemr grimmu
— gaus upp logi ór húsum —
— griðum blank space gumna —
gœðings at mér stríði.
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