Ill Har 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Illugi bryndœlaskáld, Poem about Haraldr harðráði 1’ 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. 282-3.
text and translation
Vargs vas munr, þats margan
— menskerðir stakk sverði
myrkaurriða markar —
minn dróttinn rak flótta.
Vas munr vargs, þats dróttinn minn rak margan flótta; {menskerðir} stakk {myrkaurriða markar} sverði.
‘It was the pleasure of the wolf that my lord put many to flight; the necklace-diminisher [GENEROUS MAN = Sigurðr] pierced the dark trout of the forest [SERPENT = Fáfnir] with the sword.’
notes and context
The word vargr is given as one of several examples of heiti for ‘wolf’.
Because B is very difficult to read at this point, AM 744 4°ˣ (744ˣ), an early C18th copy of B made by Jón Ólafsson when B was more legible, has been consulted selectively. — [1, 4]: Most likely refers to Haraldr’s early exploits in Russia (see ÞjóðA Run 1, 3; Sigfús Blöndal 1978, 55). — [1] þats ‘that’: For the use of þats as a conj. (‘that’) see NS §267. — [2-3]: The embedded cl. refers to Sigurðr’s slaying of the dragon Fáfnir (see Fáfn; NK 180-8; SnE 1998, I, 46).
readings
- [1] munr: munnr Tˣ, A, B, papp10ˣ, 2368ˣ, 743ˣ, muðr U, C
- [1] þats (‘þat er’): þar er U, A, B, 2368ˣ, 743ˣ, þá er C, þar papp10ˣ
- [2] menskerðir: ‘men[…]ðir’ B
- [3] myrkaurriða: ‘myrk[…]riða’ B, ‘myrk . . rriða’ 744ˣ, ‘mirkavridi’ papp10ˣ
- [4] flótta: ‘[…]lotta’ B
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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GKS 2367 4° (R) — 37r/29 - 37r/31
images -
Traj 1374x (Tx) — 39r/1 - 39r/1
Vargs vas munnr, þats margan
images
— menskerðir stakk sverði
myrkaurriða markar —
minn dróttinn rak flótta. -
DG 11 (U) — 39v/26 - 39v/27
Vargs vas muðr, þar er margan
images
— menskerðir stakk sverði
myrkaurriða markar —
minn dróttinn rak flótta. -
AM 748 I b 4° (A) — 14r/7 - 14r/8
imagesVargs vas munnr, þar er margan
— menskerðir stakk sverði
myrkaurriða markar —
minn dróttinn rak flótta.Vargs var mvnnr þar er | margan mænskerðir stakk sverði myrk ꜹ́ʀiða markar minn drottinn rak flótta |
(VEÞ)
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AM 757 a 4° (B) — 6r/39 - 6r/40
Vargs vas munnr, þar er margan
images
— †men[…]ðir† stakk sverði
†myrk[…]riða† markar —
minn dróttinn rak †[…]lotta†. -
AM 744 4°x (744x) — 39v - 39v
Vargs vas munr, þats margan
images
— menskerðir stakk sverði
†myrk . . rriða† markar —
minn dróttinn rak flótta. -
AM 748 II 4° (C) — 6v/11 - 6v/12
Vargs vas muðr, þá er margan
images
— menskerðir stakk sverði
myrkaurriða markar —
minn dróttinn rak flótta. -
Holm papp 10 4°x (papp10x) — 53r - 53r
Vargs vas munnr, þar margan
images
— menskerðir stakk sverði
†mirkavridi† markar —
minn dróttinn rak flótta. -
GKS 2368 4°x (2368x) — 136 - 136
Vargs vas munnr, þar er margan
images
— menskerðir stakk sverði
myrkaurriða markar —
minn dróttinn rak flótta. -
AM 743 4°x (743x) — 101r/11 - 101r/14
Vargs vas munnr, þar er margan
images
— menskerðir stakk sverði
myrkaurriða markar —
minn dróttinn rak flótta. -
AM 164 8°x (164x) — 41r/6 - 41r/7 [1-2]
images -
AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 211r/2 - 211r/5
images
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