Ív Sig 4II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Ívarr Ingimundarson, Sigurðarbálkr 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. 504.
text and translation
Þótti dýrum Dáfinns liðum
engr maðr kominn œðri þangat.
Bœtti vísi verðungar lið;
hafði ungr konungr almanna lof.
Þótti dýrum liðum Dáfinns engr œðri maðr kominn þangat. Vísi bœtti lið verðungar; ungr konungr hafði lof almanna.
‘It seemed to the splendid companions of David that no more distinguished man had [ever] come there. The ruler improved the host of retainers; the young king gained the praise of all men.’
notes and context
Sigurðr was held in high esteem by the king and his chieftains.
Both Hkr and Orkn mention that David had a high regard for Sigurðr: Var hann þar virðr mikils ‘He was greatly esteemed there’ (ÍF 28, 298); ok hafði hann lagt á hann virðingar miklar ‘and he had held him in high esteem’ (ÍF 34, 115).
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 1009 fol (Mork) — 32v/3 - 32v/3
imagesÞotti dyrom(?) dafiɴz liþom øngr maðr komiɴ ǫþri þangat bøtti visi verþvngar lið hafþi vngr konvngr almannalof.
(LG)
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AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 200v/2 - 200v/9
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