Halli XI Fl 3II
Russell Poole (ed.) 2009, ‘Halli stirði, Flokkr 3’ 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. 340-1.
text and translation
Sýstuð suðr, þars æstu,
snjallr gramr, Danir allir
— enn sér eigi minni
efni — mæltrar stefnu.
Sveinn tekr norðr at nenna
nær til landamæris
— varð fyr víðri jǫrðu
vinnsamt — Harald finna.
Sýstuð suðr, snjallr gramr, þars allir Danir æstu mæltrar stefnu; enn sér eigi minni efni. Sveinn tekr at nenna norðr nær til landamæris finna Harald; varð vinnsamt fyr víðri jǫrðu.
‘You set out southwards, brave king, where all the Danes requested an appointed meeting; once again one sees no lesser cause. Sveinn starts to venture north near to the border to meet Haraldr; it became toilsome off the wide land.’
notes and context
Following st. 2, Hkr comments (ÍF 28, 159-60): Hér segir þat, at konungar þessir halda stefnulag, þat er gǫrt var milli þeira, ok koma þeir báðir til landamæris, svá sem hér segir ‘Here it is said that these kings keep the appointment that was made between them, and they both come to the border between their countries as it says here’. H-Hr adds um vetrinn ‘during the winter’ in association with gǫrt ‘made’ but otherwise is substantially the same as Hkr.
readings
- [1] Sýstuð: sú stóð H, Hr
- [1] suðr: ‘syðr’ 39
- [1] þars (‘þar er’): þat er F, E
- [1] æstu: so E, æstuð Kˣ, 39, F, J2ˣ, svía H, Hr
- [2] Danir: dana H, Hr
- [2] allir: allra H, Hr
- [3] sér: so 39, F, E, H, Hr, sé: Kˣ, J2ˣ
- [8] vinnsamt (‘vinsamt’): so E, vindsamt all others
- [8] finna: finnask F
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 63 folx (Kx) — 567r/25 - 567v/4
Sýstuð suðr, þars æstuð,
images
snjallr gramr, Danir allir
— enn sé: eigi minni
efni — mæltrar stefnu.
Sveinn tekr norðr at nenna
nær til landamæris
— varð fyr víðri jǫrðu
vinnsamt — Harald finna. -
AM 39 fol (39) — 28va/28 - 28va/28
Sýstuð †syðr†, þars æstuð,
images
snjallr gramr, Danir allir
— enn sér eigi minni
efni — mæltrar stefnu.
Sveinn tekr norðr at nenna
nær til landamæris
— varð fyr víðri jǫrðu
vinnsamt — Harald finna. -
AM 45 fol (F) — 50ra/36 - 50ra/39
imagesSýstuð suðr, þat er æstuð,
snjallr gramr, Danir allir
— enn sér eigi minni
efni — mæltrar stefnu.
Sveinn tekr norðr at nenna
nær til landamæris
— varð fyr víðri jǫrðu
vinnsamt — Harald finnask.Systvð svðr þat er æstvð sníallr gramr danir allir eɴ ser eigi min | ní efni mælltrar stefno · ꜱveíɴ tekr norðr at neɴa | nær til landa mærís varð fyri viðri iorðo vind samt | haralldr fíɴaz ·
(VEÞ)
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AM 47 fol (E) — 23r/16 - 23r/18
imagesSýstuð suðr, þat er æstu,
snjallr gramr, Danir allir
— enn sér eigi minni
efni — mæltrar stefnu.
Sveinn tekr norðr at nenna
nær til landamæris
— varð fyr víðri jǫrðu
vinnsamt — Harald finna.Systǫð suðr þat er æsto sniallr | gramr danir allir enn seʀ eigi minni efni mælltrar stefno · Sueinn tekr norðr at nenna nær til landa | mæris varð fyrir viðri iǫrðo vinsamt haʀalld finna ·
(VEÞ)
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AM 38 folx (J2x) — 287r/28 - 287v/3
Sýstuð suðr, þars æstuð,
images
snjallr gramr, Danir allir
— enn sé: eigi minni
efni — mæltrar stefnu.
Sveinn tekr norðr at nenna
nær til landamæris
— varð fyr víðri jǫrðu
vinnsamt — Harald finna. -
AM 66 fol (H) — 59r/20 - 59r/20
sú stóð suðr, þars svía,
images
snjallr gramr, dana allra
— enn sér eigi minni
efni — mæltrar stefnu.
Sveinn tekr norðr at nenna
nær til landamæris
— varð fyr víðri jǫrðu
vinnsamt — Harald finna. -
GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 43rb/23 - 43rb/23
sú stóð suðr, þars svía,
images
snjallr gramr, dana allra
— enn sér eigi minni
efni — mæltrar stefnu.
Sveinn tekr norðr at nenna
nær til landamæris
— varð fyr víðri jǫrðu
vinnsamt — Harald finna.
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