Hskv Útkv 1^II

Varð fyr stafni        styrjargjǫrnum
friðraskaði        Forminterra.
Þar varð eggjar        ok eld þola
blámanna lið,        áðr bana fengi.

Forminterra varð fyr stafni {styrjargjǫrnum friðraskaði}. Þar varð lið blámanna þola eggjar ok eld, áðr fengi bana.

Formentera appeared before the prow {of the battle-eager peace-disturber} [WARRIOR]. There the troop of dark men had to suffer sword-blades and fire before they met death.

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

Readings: [2] styrjar: styrkar H;    gjǫrnum: auki H, Hr    [3] frið‑: friðr H, Hr;    ‑raskaði: raskar E, ‘raskare’ J2ˣ, raskari 42ˣ, raskaðisk H, Hr    [4] Forminterra: ‘formintera’ H, ‘formítera’ Hr

Editions: Skj AI, 485, Skj BI, 457, Skald I, 225; ÍF 28, 245 (Msona ch. 6), F 1871, 284, E 1916, 132; Fms 7, 83-4 (Msona ch. 6).

Context: On his journey to Palestine (1110), Sigurðr attacked a cave occupied by Moors and destroyed it with fire.

Notes: [All]: For a full description of this event, see Þstf Stuttdr 4 Context above. See also Hskv Útf 7-8 below. — [3] friðraskaði ‘peace-disturber’: Friðr raskaðisk (so H, Hr) translates as ‘peace was disturbed’. The second element of the cpd, -raskaði, is dat. sg. of the m. noun rǫskuðr ‘disturber’ formed from the weak verb raska ‘disturb’. — [4] Forminterra ‘Formentera’: An island south of Ibiza in the Mediterranean. — [7] lið blámanna ‘the troop of dark men’: ON blámenn ‘dark men’ designated black Africans as well as the Moors. See also Þfisk Lv 2/6 and Bǫlv Hardr 5/4. In this particular case, the heathens hiding in the cave were likely to have been Moors.

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. ÍF 26-8 = Heimskringla. Ed. Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson. 1941-51.
5. F 1871 = Unger, C. R., ed. 1871. Fríssbók: Codex Frisianus. En samling af norske konge-sagaer. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
6. E 1916 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1916. Eirspennill: AM 47 fol. Nóregs konunga sǫgur: Magnús góði – Hákon gamli. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske historiske kildeskriftskommission.
7. Internal references
8. (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)
9. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Bǫlverkr Arnórsson, Drápa about Haraldr harðráði 5’ 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. 290-1.
10. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þorgils fiskimaðr, Lausavísur 2’ 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. 334-5.
11. 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.