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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Ív Sig 39II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Ívarr Ingimundarson, Sigurðarbálkr 39’ 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. 524.

Ívarr IngimundarsonSigurðarbálkr
383940

text and translation

Flugu hundruðum        herstefnu til
sárgǫgl of sæ        sveita at drekka.
Eyddu oddar        jǫfurs fulltrúum,
— morð miklaðisk —        þás Magnús fell.

{Sárgǫgl} flugu hundruðum of sæ til {herstefnu} at drekka sveita. Oddar eyddu fulltrúum jǫfurs, þás Magnús fell; morð miklaðisk.
 
‘Wound-goslings [RAVENS/EAGLES] flew in hundreds across the sea to the army-meeting [BATTLE] to drink blood. Spear-points destroyed the prince’s confidants when Magnús fell; fighting intensified.

notes and context

As sts 37-8 above.

According to Mork (1928-32, 433) and Hkr (ÍF 28, 316), Magnús was resting in his bed during the battle, but when the ship was cleared, his faithful retainer, Hreiðarr Grjótgarðsson, took him in his arms and tried to jump over into another ship. A spear hit Hreiðarr between the shoulders, and the same spear penetrated Magnús and caused his death. Mork (1928-32, 433) reports Magnús’s dying words: Þat melti M. konvngr blindi er hann fecc scotit. Þat com .vij. vetrom til siþ ‘This is what King Magnús the Blind said when the spear hit him: “That came seven years too late”’.

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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.

editions and texts

Skj: Ívarr Ingimundarson, Sigurðarbǫlkr 40: AI, 501, BI, 474, Skald I, 233; Mork 1867, 218, Mork 1928-32, 432, Andersson and Gade 2000, 383, 493 (Sslemb).

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