Nefari Lv 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Nefari, Lausavísa 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. 645-6.
text and translation
Týnum Birkibeinum!
Beri Sverrir hlut verra!
Lǫtum randhœing reyndan
ríða hart ok tíðum!
Hœlumk minnst í máli!
Metumk heldr at val felldan!
Lǫtum skipta guð giptu!
Gerum hríð, þás þeim svíði!
Týnum Birkibeinum! Beri Sverrir verra hlut! Lǫtum {reyndan randhœing} ríða hart ok tíðum! Hœlumk minnst í máli! Metumk heldr at felldan val! Lǫtum guð skipta giptu! Gerum hríð, þás svíði þeim!
‘Let’s destroy the Birkibeinar! May Sverrir suffer defeat! Let’s make the tested shield-rim salmon [SWORD] swing hard and frequently! Let’s boast the least in our speech! Rather, let’s measure ourselves when the slaughtered ones have fallen! Let’s allow God to decide the outcome! Let’s make a storm that will smart for them!’
notes and context
The Kuflungar are sailing in strong winds north to Agdenes in Trøndelag (1186). Nefari incites his companions to act rather than to boast when they face Sverrir and the Birkibeinar in Trondheim.
For a similar incitement from one of the Birkibeinar a year later, see Blakkr Lv 1-2 below.
readings
- [1] Týnum: Rænum Flat
- [3] randhœing: ‘ranghæíng’ Flat, randir 8, ‘randheing’ E, randhring 81a
- [3] reyndan: reyndar 8
- [5] minnst: minnr 8
- [5] máli: mlum 8
- [6] Metumk: ‘mektumz’ Flat
- [6] at: af Flat
- [6] felldan: felldum Flat, 8, 81a
- [7] guð: om. Flat
- [8] þás (‘þa er’): ‘suo at’ 81a
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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AM 327 4° (327) — 55r/5 - 55r/8
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GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 155va - 155va
Rænum Birkibeinum!
images
Beri Sverrir hlut verra!
Lǫtum †ranghæíng† reyndan
ríða hart ok tíðum!
Hœlumk minnst í máli!
†mektumz† heldr af val felldum!
Lǫtum skipta giptu!
Gerum hríð, þás þeim svíði! -
Holm perg 8 fol (8) — 9v/15 - 9v/17
imagesTýnum Birkibeinum!
Beri Sverrir hlut verra!
Lǫtum randir reyndar
ríða hart ok tíðum!
Hœlumk minnr í mlum!
Metumk heldr at val felldum!
Lǫtum skipta guð giptu!
Gerum hríð, þás þeim svíði!tynvm birkibeinum beri Sverrir hlut | verra latum randir reyndar rida hart ok tidum hø̨lumz mínnr imalum mø̨tumz helldr at ual feldum | latum skipta gud giptu gervm hrid þa er þeim suidi·
(VEÞ)
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AM 47 fol (E) — 102v/5 - 102v/7
Týnum Birkibeinum!
images
Beri Sverrir hlut verra!
Lǫtum †randheing† reyndan
ríða hart ok tíðum!
Hœlumk minnst í máli!
Metumk heldr at val felldan!
Lǫtum skipta guð giptu!
Gerum hríð, þás þeim svíði! -
AM 81 a fol (81a) — 31ra - 31ra
Týnum Birkibeinum!
images
Beri Sverrir hlut verra!
Lǫtum randhring reyndan
ríða hart ok tíðum!
Hœlumk minnst í máli!
Metumk heldr at val felldum!
Lǫtum skipta guð giptu!
Gerum hríð, þa er,†suo at† þeim svíði! -
AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 15r/11 - 15r/18
images
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