Hskv Útdr 9^II

Margdýrkaðr kom merkir
morðhjóls skipastóli
— fúss vas fremðar ræsir
friðslits — til Ívizu.

{Margdýrkaðr merkir {morðhjóls}} kom skipastóli til Ívizu; {ræsir fremðar} vas fúss friðslits.

{The much-worshipped marker {of the killing-wheel}} [SHIELD > WARRIOR] brought his array of ships to Ibiza; {the advancer of honour} [KING] was eager for peace-shattering.

Mss: Kˣ(610v), 39(37rb), F(61rb), E(38r), J2ˣ(319r), 42ˣ(18v) (Hkr); Mork(25v) (Mork); H(95v), Hr(65ra) (H-Hr)

Readings: [1] Marg‑: Mark‑ 42ˣ;    ‑dýrkaðr: ‘dyrkaðe’ E;    merkir: ‘[...]’ Mork    [2] morðhjóls: ‘[...]’ Mork    [3] fúss: so 42ˣ, Mork, H, Hr, fús Kˣ, 39, F, E, J2ˣ;    ræsir: ‘rásir’ H    [4] frið‑: ‘fri’ or ‘fir’ H, Hr

Editions: Skj AI, 487, Skj BI, 459, Skald I, 226; ÍF 28, 246-7 (Msona ch. 7), F 1871, 284, E 1916, 133; Mork 1867, 163, Mork 1928-32, 348, Andersson and Gade 2000, 320, 489 (Msona); Fms 7, 84 (Msona ch. 7).

Context: Sigurðr engaged in battle in Ibiza.

Notes: [1-2] merkir morðhjóls ‘the marker of the killing-wheel [SHIELD > WARRIOR]’: Merkir ‘marker’ refers to a warrior who would mark up a shield by staining it with blood. — [3-4] ræsir fremðar vas fúss friðslits ‘the advancer of honour [KING] was eager for peace-shattering’: This cl. could also be construed as ræsir friðslits vas fúss fremðar ‘the advancer of peace-shattering (i.e. ‘warrior’) was eager for honour’ (so ÍF 28). However, ræsir fremðar ‘advancer of honour’ as a circumlocution for ‘king’ is also attested in Ív Sig 11/6. — [4] Ívizu ‘Ibiza’: One of the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean off the coast of Spain.

References

1. Bibliography
2. Fms = Sveinbjörn Egilsson et al., eds. 1825-37. Fornmanna sögur eptir gömlum handritum útgefnar að tilhlutun hins norræna fornfræða fèlags. 12 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
3. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
4. 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.
5. Mork 1928-32 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1928-32. Morkinskinna. SUGNL 53. Copenhagen: Jørgensen.
6. ÍF 26-8 = Heimskringla. Ed. Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson. 1941-51.
7. F 1871 = Unger, C. R., ed. 1871. Fríssbók: Codex Frisianus. En samling af norske konge-sagaer. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
8. E 1916 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1916. Eirspennill: AM 47 fol. Nóregs konunga sǫgur: Magnús góði – Hákon gamli. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske historiske kildeskriftskommission.
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 24 April 2024)
12. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Ívarr Ingimundarson, Sigurðarbálkr 11’ 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. 508.