Hskv Útdr 8^II

Náði folk, þats flýði
ferð skundila undan,
— illr varð hreimr í helli —
heiðit konungr meiða.
Lífs bautt enn, þás unnuð,
aftíg, gamalt vígi,
— kvǫl beið ǫld í eldi
ósæl — djǫfuls þrælum.

Konungr náði meiða heiðit folk, þats flýði skundila undan ferð; illr hreimr varð í helli. Enn bautt þrælum djǫfuls {aftíg lífs}, þás unnuð gamalt vígi; ósæl ǫld beið kvǫl í eldi.

The king destroyed the heathen people who fled hastily away from the company; there was horrible clamour in the cavern. Again you offered the devil’s slaves {deprivation of life} [DEATH] when you captured the old stronghold; the unlucky crowd suffered torment in the fire.

Mss: Mork(25v) (Mork); H(95r), Hr(65ra) (H-Hr)

Readings: [2] skundila: skundliga H, skunduliga Hr    [3] hreimr: heimr H    [4] heiðit: ‘hidit’ Hr    [5] bautt: bauð all    [6] gamalt: gamall H

Editions: Skj AI, 487, Skj BI, 459, Skald I, 226; Mork 1867, 162, Mork 1928-32, 347, Andersson and Gade 2000, 319, 488-9 (Msona); Fms 7, 84 (Msona ch. 6).

Context: As st. 7 above.

Notes: [2] skundila ‘hastily’: Hap. leg. Skj B and Skald adopt the H variant skundliga ‘hastily’ (hap. leg.), which is unnecessary (see ANG §293 Anm. 1). — [5] bautt (2nd pers. sg. pres. indic.) ‘you offered’: The emendation is necessary because Halldórr is addressing Sigurðr in the second helmingr (cf. unnuð 2nd pers. pl. pret. indic. ‘you captured’; bauð is 3rd pers. sg. pret. indic.). — [5, 6] aftíg lífs ‘deprivation of life [DEATH]’: Hap. leg. This translation is conjectural. According to LP: aftíg, the word is etymologically related to OE oftēon ‘deny, deprive’. — [6] gamalt vígi ‘the old stronghold’: Refers to the cave in which the Moors had taken shelter. That cave was located on the island of Formentera (see Hskv Útkv above, and Þstf Stuttdr 4 Context, above).

References

1. Bibliography
2. Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
3. Fms = Sveinbjörn Egilsson et al., eds. 1825-37. Fornmanna sögur eptir gömlum handritum útgefnar að tilhlutun hins norræna fornfræða fèlags. 12 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
4. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
5. LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.
6. Andersson, Theodore M. and Kari Ellen Gade, trans. 2000. Morkinskinna: The Earliest Icelandic Chronicle of the Norwegian Kings (1030-1157). Islandica 51. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press.
7. ANG = Noreen, Adolf. 1923. Altnordische Grammatik I: Altisländische und altnorwegische Grammatik (Laut- und Flexionslehre) unter Berücksichtigung des Urnordischen. 4th edn. Halle: Niemeyer. 1st edn. 1884. 5th unrev. edn. 1970. Tübingen: Niemeyer.
8. Mork 1928-32 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1928-32. Morkinskinna. SUGNL 53. Copenhagen: Jørgensen.
9. Mork 1867 = Unger, C. R., ed. 1867. Morkinskinna: Pergamentsbog fra første halvdel af det trettende aarhundrede. Indeholdende en af de ældste optegnelser af norske kongesagaer. Oslo: Bentzen.
10. Internal references
11. (forthcoming), ‘ Heimskringla, Magnússona saga’ 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. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=149> (accessed 7 May 2024)
12. Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘ Halldórr skvaldri, Útfararkviða’ 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. 482-3. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1274> (accessed 7 May 2024)
13. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þórarinn stuttfeldr, Stuttfeldardrápa 4’ 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. 476.