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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ESk Sigdr I 5II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Sigurðardrápa I 5’ 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. 541-2.

Einarr SkúlasonSigurðardrápa I
45

text and translation

Sætt frák Dœla dróttin
— drengr minnisk þess — vinna;
tóku hvasst í Hristar
hríð valslǫngur ríða.
Sterkr braut váligt virki
vals munnlituðr gunnar;
fǫgr ruðusk sverð, en sigri
snarr bragningr hlaut fagna.

Frák {dróttin Dœla} vinna Sætt; drengr minnisk þess; valslǫngur tóku ríða hvasst í {hríð Hristar}. {Sterkr munnlituðr {vals gunnar}} braut váligt virki; fǫgr sverð ruðusk, en snarr bragningr hlaut fagna sigri.
 
‘I heard that the lord of the Dœlir [NORWEGIAN KING = Sigurðr] captured Sidon; the man [I] commemorates that; catapults began to swing violently in the storm of Hrist <valkyrie> [BATTLE]. The mighty mouth-colourer of the falcon of battle [RAVEN/EAGLE > WARRIOR] destroyed the fearsome stronghold; fair swords were reddened, and the swift ruler could rejoice in victory.

notes and context

Sigurðr and Baldwin besieged Sidon (19 October-5 December 1110).

For this siege, see Riant 1865, 192-3; Koht 1924, 162-4; Setton 1969, I, 386-7. See also Hskv Útdr 11 and McDougall and McDougall 1998, 113 n. 319 (and the literature cited there).

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editions and texts

Skj: Einarr Skúlason, 1. Sigurðardrápa 5: AI, 456, BI, 424, Skald I, 209; ÍF 28, 251 (Msona ch. 11), E 1916, 135; Fms 7, 93 (Msona ch. 11).

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