Hfr ErfÓl 7I
Kate Heslop (ed.) 2012, ‘Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld Óttarsson, Erfidrápa Óláfs Tryggvasonar 7’ 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. 411.
text and translation
Varð of Vinða myrði
vígský*s, en þat lýsik,
ramr und randar himni
rymr; knôttu spjǫr glymja.
Hirðir stózk við harðan
hnitvegg með fjǫl seggja
víðis veltireiðar
varghollr þrimu marga.
{Rymr {vígský*s}} varð ramr of {myrði Vinða} und {himni randar}, en lýsik þat; spjǫr knôttu glymja. {Varghollr hirðir {veltireiðar víðis}} stóðsk marga þrimu við {harðan hnitvegg} með fjǫl seggja.
‘Roaring of the war-cloud [SHIELD > BATTLE] became mighty around the murderer of Wends [?= Óláfr] under the heaven of the rim [SHIELD], and I proclaim that; spears resounded. The wolf-gracious guardian of the rolling wagon of the ocean [SHIP > SEAFARER] withstood many an onslaught by the hard clash-wall [SHIELD], with a multitude of men.’
notes and context
Óláfr and his men have repelled the Danish attack, and now it is the turn of the Swedes.
Mss 54 and Bb attribute this stanza to Hallar-Steinn (cf. Note to st. 2 [All]), but it cannot be from the stefjabálkr ‘refain section’ of his Rekstefja ‘Poem with split refrains’ (HSt Rst), since it lacks the stef ‘refrain’ that gives that poem its name, and the subject-matter precludes it from belonging to the upphaf ‘beginning’ or slœmr ‘conclusion’ of Rst.
readings
- [1] Varð of (‘Varð um’): verðum Flat
- [2] víg‑: vigg 53
- [2] ‑ský*s: ‑styrs 54, ‑styrr Bb, skýrs 53, Flat
- [2] lýsik: ‘lusek’ Bb
- [3] randar: randa 54, Bb
- [4] spjǫr: spjǫrr Flat
- [5] Hirðir: hirðar all
- [5] við: vit Flat
- [6] hnit‑: so 53, Flat, hinn 54, Bb
- [6] með: so 53, Flat, en 54, Bb
- [7] velti‑: so 53, Flat, ‘vællte’ 54, ‘vallte’ Bb
- [7] ‑reiðar: ‘reydar’ 54, Bb, meiðar 53, Flat
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 54 fol (54) — 64rb/13 - 64rb/17
imagesVarð of Vinða myrði
víg-styrs, en þat lýsik,
ramr und randa himni
rymr; knôttu spjǫr glymja.
hirðar stózk við harðan
hinnvegg en fjǫl seggja
víðis †vællte††reydar†
varghollr þrimu marga.Vard vm vínda myrdí | vigstyrs en þat lysek · rammr vnd randa himni · rymr | knattu spior glymía · hirþar stodz vid hardan · hínn | vegg en fiold seggia · viþiss vællte reydar · varghollr | þrímu marga ·
(DW)
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Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 99vb/30 - 99vb/33
Varð of Vinða myrði
images
víg-styrr, en þat †lusek†,
ramr und randa himni
rymr; knôttu spjǫr glymja.
hirðar stózk við harðan
hinnvegg en fjǫl seggja
víðis †vallte††reydar†
varghollr þrimu marga. -
AM 53 fol (53) — 64rb/32 - 64rb/36
Varð of Vinða myrði
images
viggskýrs, en þat lýsik,
ramr und randar himni
rymr; knôttu spjǫr glymja.
hirðar stózk við harðan
hnitvegg með fjǫl seggja
víðis veltimeiðar
varghollr þrimu marga. -
GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 64va/32 - 64va/35
verðum Vinða myrði
images
vígskýrs, en þat lýsik,
ramr und randar himni
rymr; knôttu spjǫrr glymja.
hirðar stózk vit harðan
hnitvegg með fjǫl seggja
víðis veltimeiðar
varghollr þrimu marga. -
AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 155r/16 - 155r/23
images
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