Bjbp Jóms 45I
Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 45’ 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. 998.
text and translation
Þá gekk Ullr at eiga
ǫrlyndr þrymu randa
(menn fýstu þess) mæta
(margir) Ingibjǫrgu.
Þá gekk {ǫrlyndr Ullr {þrymu randa}} at eiga mæta Ingibjǫrgu; margir menn fýstu þess.
‘Then the brave Ullr <god> of the thunder of shields [BATTLE > WARRIOR = Vagn] proceeded to marry the splendid Ingibjǫrg; many men encouraged this. ’
notes and context
The Norwegian army separates: Hákon jarl goes north to Þrándheimr (Trøndelag) and is unhappy that Eiríkr has granted quarter to Vagn; Eiríkr goes to Upplǫnd (Opplandene) and then east to Vík (Viken). Vagn accompanies Eiríkr and is married to Ingibjǫrg, Þorkell leira’s daughter.
On the text of sts 41-5, see Note to st. 41 [All]. — There is clearly some narrative content missing here at the end of the poem. Apart from the fact that this and st. 44 are only single helmingar, the narrative ends very abruptly and there is no close to the poem in the skald’s voice to match the leisurely opening.
readings
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 61 fol (61) — 20vb/12 - 20vb/13
imagesÞa geck vllr at eiga. o᷎rlyndr þry | muv randa. menn fystu þess randa mœta. margir íngibio᷎rgu.
(DW)
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AM 54 fol (54) — 17rb/24 - 17rb/26
Þá gekk Ullr at eiga
images
ǫrlyndr þrymu landa
(menn fýstu þess) mæta
(margir) Ingibjǫrgu. -
Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 27vb/9 - 27vb/11
Þá gekk ǫrr at eiga
images
ǫrlyndr þrymu landa
(menn fyrstu þess) mæta
(margir) Ingibjǫrgu.
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