Gísl Magnkv 14II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Gísl Illugason, Erfikvæði about Magnús berfœttr 14’ 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. 426.
text and translation
Hǫfðu seggir — þá vas sókn lokit —
heimfǫr þegit at hǫfuðsmanni.
Landsmenn litu of liði gǫfgu
segl sædrifin sett við húna.
Seggir hǫfðu þegit heimfǫr at hǫfuðsmanni; þá vas sókn lokit. Landsmenn litu sædrifin segl, sett við húna, of gǫfgu liði.
‘The men had obtained leave from the leader to return home; then the battle had ended. The countrymen saw foam-sprayed sails, secured to the mast-tops, above the splendid troop.’
notes and context
Stanzas 14-16 describe Magnús’s fleet returning to Norway from the Hebrides in 1099. In Mork and F, the sts are cited without intervening prose. In H and Hr they are incorporated into a prose narrative which is taken from MberfHkr (ÍF 28, 224-5), Orkn (ÍF 34, 100-1) or created from the content of the poetry.
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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GKS 1009 fol (Mork) — 23v/12 - 23v/12
Hǫfðu seggir
images
— þá vas sókn lokit —
heimfǫr þegit
at hǫfuðsmanni.
Landsmenn litu
of liði gǫfgu
segl sædrifin
sett við húnu. -
AM 66 fol (H) — 89v/29 - 89v/29
Hǫfðu seggir
images
— þá vas sókn lokit —
heimfǫr þegit
af hǫfuðsmanni.
Landsmenn litu
yfir liði gǫfgu
segl sædrifin
sett við húna. -
GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 62ra/6 - 62ra/6
Hǫfðu seggir
images
— þá vas sókn lokit —
heimfǫr þegit
af hǫfuðsmanni.
Landsmenn litu
yfir liði gǫfgu
segl sædrifin
sett við húna. -
AM 45 fol (F) — 58vb/21 - 58vb/23
Hǫfðu seggir
images
— þá vas sókn lokit —
heimfǫr þegit
at hǫfuðsmanni.
Landsmenn litu
of liði gǫfgu
segl sædrifin
sett við húnu.
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