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Hfr ErfÓl 10I

Kate Heslop (ed.) 2012, ‘Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld Óttarsson, Erfidrápa Óláfs Tryggvasonar 10’ 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. 415.

Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld ÓttarssonErfidrápa Óláfs Tryggvasonar
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text and translation

Sukku niðr af Naðri
naddfárs í bǫð sárir
baugs — gerðut við vægjask —
verkendr meginserkjar.
Vanr mun Ormr, þótt Ormi
alldýrr konungr stýri,
hvars skríðr með lið lýða,
lengi slíkra drengja.

{Sárir verkendr {meginserkjar {baugs {naddfárs}}}} sukku niðr af Naðri í bǫð; gerðut vægjask við. Ormr mun lengi vanr slíkra drengja, hvars skríðr með lið lýða, þótt alldýrr konungr stýri Ormi.
 
‘Wounded workers of the mighty shirt of the ring of point-harm [BATTLE > SHIELD > MAIL-SHIRT > WARRIORS] sank down off Naðr (‘Adder’) in battle; they did not yield. Ormr (‘Serpent’) will long lack such warriors, wherever it glides with a company of men, though a very eminent king may command Ormr.’

notes and context

Óláfr’s men leap on to Ormr inn langi’s gunwales in their eagerness to reach their enemies; many end up in the sea.

[2-4]: The overall meaning is clear, with verkendr ‘workers’, albeit unparalleled, as the base-word of a warrior-kenning which is the subject of sukku ‘sank’; but the gen. nouns naddfárs, baugs, Heðins and serkjar are difficult to account for in the absence of another base-word. The minority reading megin- is therefore adopted here in preference to Heðins (see Notes to ll. 2 and 4 below).

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editions and texts

Skj: Hallfrøðr Óttarsson vandræðaskáld, 3. Óláfsdrápa, erfidrápa 13: AI, 162, BI, 153, Skald I, 83, NN §§476, 2051A; Fsk 1902-3, 129 (ch. 22), ÍF 29, 157 (ch. 24); ÓTOdd 1932, 224, ÍF 25, 339-40; Hkr 1893-1901, I, 447, IV, 99, ÍF 26, 361-2, Hkr 1991, I, 245 (ÓTHkr ch. 107), F 1871, 163; SHI 2, 313, ÓT 1958-2000, II, 274 (ch. 251), Flat 1860-8, I, 486.

188
Hkr 189 (I 161)
190
118
Fsk 119
120
344
Flat 345
346
176
ÓT 177
178
13
ÓTOdd 14 (13)
15
57
ÓTC 58 (I 161)
60
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