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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Bkrepp Magndr 4II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Bjǫrn krepphendi, Magnússdrápa 4’ 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. 399.

Bjǫrn krepphendiMagnússdrápa
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text and translation

Víkinga lætr vengis
vallbaugs hati falla;
vítt rýðr jǫrn á ýtum
Óláfs mǫgr in fǫgru.

{Hati {vengis {vallbaugs}}} lætr víkinga falla; vítt rýðr {mǫgr Óláfs} in fǫgru jǫrn á ýtum.
 
‘The hater of the meadow of the field-ring [SNAKE > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] makes the vikings fall; far and wide Óláfr’s son [= Magnús] reddens the fair weapons on men.

notes and context

In both mss, the helmingr is recorded directly after st. 2/1-4 above, linked by Oc eɴ ‘and again’.

Because of the pres. tense of the verbs, Fidjestøl (1982, 150, 173) suggests that this helmingr could have been the refrain (stef) of the drápa. If that were the case, which seems likely, it would have concluded the section of the poem dealing with Magnús’s domestic affairs. Skj and Skald place the helmingr before st. 3 above.

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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.

editions and texts

Skj: Bjǫrn krepphendi, Magnúsdrápa 3: AI, 435, BI, 405, Skald I, 200, NN §2046; Mork 1867, 143, Mork 1928-32, 316, Andersson and Gade 2000, 298, 485 (Mberf); F 1871, 269 (Mberf).

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