Hfr ErfÓl 19I
Kate Heslop (ed.) 2012, ‘Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld Óttarsson, Erfidrápa Óláfs Tryggvasonar 19’ 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. 427.
text and translation
Sagðr vas mér — né meira
muni maðr stríð of bíða —
lýðum firrðr ok láði
landvǫrðr fyr sæ handan.
Væri oss, þótt ærir
elds þeim svikum belldi,
heilalíkn, ef, hauka
hôklifs, jǫfurr lifði.
{Landvǫrðr} vas sagðr mér firrðr lýðum ok láði fyr handan sæ; né muni maðr of bíða meira stríð. Oss væri heilalíkn, ef jǫfurr lifði, þótt {ærir {elds {hôklifs hauka}}} belldi þeim svikum.
‘The land’s guardian [RULER = Óláfr] was said to me to be deprived of people and realm across the sea; a man will not suffer greater grief. It would be healing mercy for us if the lord lived, although envoys of the fire of the high cliff of hawks [ARM > GOLD > GENEROUS MEN] committed that treachery.’
notes and context
ÓTOdd: Facing defeat at Svǫlðr, King Óláfr leaps overboard, sheds his armour and swims underwater to the Wends’ ship, escaping the battle alive, as is said to be affirmed by Hallfreðr (and, according to 4-7, the otherwise unknown Sóti). ÓT cites this stanza after its description of the battle, as part of a discussion of various accounts of the battle’s final moments and the fate of Óláfr.
In ms. 4-7, sts 18/1-4 and 19/1-4 form a single stanza while st. 19/5-8 is written as a separate helmingr.
readings
- [1] Sagðr vas: sagðr 54, sagði 325VIII 2 g, Bb
- [1] mér: so 310, 4‑7, 61, 53, 54, 325VIII 2 g, Bb, Flat, mær Holm18
- [1] né: en 61, inn 53, ein 54, 325VIII 2 g, Bb
- [1] meira: ‘mana’ corrected from meira 61, meiri 53
- [2] muni maðr: mank 310, ‘munum alldr’ corrected from munum a 4‑7, munuma 61, muna menn 53, mín muna 54, Bb, muna 325VIII 2 g
- [2] of: af því 310
- [3] lýðum: láði corrected from landi 325VIII 2 g, landi Bb
- [3] ok: at 53
- [3] láði: lýðum 325VIII 2 g, Bb
- [4] land‑: ‘[...]’ 325VIII 2 g
- [4] ‑vǫrðr: ‑norðr 325VIII 2 g, Bb
- [4] fyr: frá Bb
- [4] sæ: om. 61
- [4] handan: norðan corrected from handan 61
- [5] þótt: ‘þo(slt)’(?) 325VIII 2 g
- [6] elds: ‘ællz’ corrected from ‘æll’ 4‑7, ‘ell[…]’ 325VIII 2 g, ‘ærumz’ Flat
- [6] þeim: þjóð 53, ‘[…]’ 325VIII 2 g
- [8] hôklifs jǫfurr (‘ha cklifs iofurr’): hauk klifs jǫfurr 310, hafklifs jǫfurr 4‑7, ‘hak[…]fur’ 325VIII 2 g
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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Holm perg 18 4° (Holm18) — 54r/11 - 54r/13
imagesSagðr vas mær — né meira
muni maðr stríð of bíða —
lýðum firrðr ok láði
landvǫrðr fyr sæ handan.
Væri oss, þótt ærir
elds þeim svikum belldi,
heilalíkn, ef, hauka
†ha cklifs iofurr†, lifði.Sagðr var mær ne meira mvni maðr strið of biða lyðvm firðr ok | laðe land vorðr fyr sio handan veri oss þott ærir ellz þeim svikvm beldi heila likn ef havka | ha cklifs iofvʀ lifðe.
(DW)
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AM 310 4° (310) — 92/17 - 92/20
Sagðr vas mér — né meira
images
mank stríð af því bíða —
lýðum firrðr ok láði
landvǫrðr fyr sæ handan.
Væri oss, þótt ærir
elds þeim svikum belldi,
heilalíkn, ef, hauka
hauk klifs jǫfurr, lifði. -
DG 4-7 (4-7) — 1vb/30 - 1vb/32
Sagðr vas mér — né meira
images
†munum alldr† stríð of bíða —
lýðum firrðr ok láði
landvǫrðr fyr sæ handan.
Væri oss, þótt ærir
†ællz† þeim svikum belldi,
heilalíkn, ef, hauka
hafklifs jǫfurr, lifði. -
AM 61 fol (61) — 69va/4 - 69va/7
Sagðr vas mér — en †mana†
images
munuma stríð of bíða —
lýðum firrðr ok láði
landvǫrðr fyr norðan.
Væri oss, þótt ærir
elds þeim svikum belldi,
heilalíkn, ef, hauka
hôklifs, jǫfurr lifði. -
AM 53 fol (53) — 65vb/34 - 65vb/37
Sagðr vas mér — inn meiri
images
muna menn stríð of bíða —
lýðum firrðr at láði
landvǫrðr fyr sæ handan.
Væri oss, þótt ærir
elds þjóð svikum belldi,
heilalíkn, ef, hauka
hôklifs, jǫfurr lifði. -
AM 54 fol (54) — 67rb/1 - 67rb/5
sagðr mér — ein meira
images
mín muna stríð of bíða —
lýðum firrðr ok láði
landvǫrðr fyr sæ handan.
Væri oss, þótt ærir
elds þeim svikum belldi,
heilalíkn, ef, hauka
hôklifs, jǫfurr lifði. -
AM 325 VIII 2 g 4° (325VIII 2 g) — 1rb/1 - 1rb/5
sagði mér — ein meira
images
muna stríð of bíða —
láði firrðr ok lýðum
†[...]†-norðr fyr sæ handan.
Væri oss, †þo(slt)† ærir
†ell[…] […]† svikum belldi,
heilalíkn, ef, hauka
†hak[…]fur†, lifði. -
Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 102vb/16 - 102vb/19
sagði mér — ein meira
images
mín muna stríð of bíða —
landi firrðr ok lýðum
land-norðr frá sæ handan.
Væri oss, þótt ærir
elds þeim svikum belldi,
heilalíkn, ef, hauka
hôklifs, jǫfurr lifði. -
GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 66ra/14 - 66ra/16
Sagðr vas mér — né meira
images
muni maðr stríð of bíða —
lýðum firrðr ok láði
landvǫrðr fyr sæ handan.
Væri oss, þótt ærir
†ærumz† þeim svikum belldi,
heilalíkn, ef, hauka
hôklifs, jǫfurr lifði.
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