Ólhv Hryn 2^II

Orð sendi þá jǫfri Þrœnda
afrendr konungr víða lendum;
fólkprúðr keyrði flota breiðan
— flugu borð of haf — stillir norðan.
Fyrðar mæltu á hendr sem harðast
— hófsk ǫnn af því lendum mǫnnum —
— errinn bjó með herskip harri
Hákarlastrǫnd — frǫmum jarli.

Afrendr konungr sendi þá orð {víða lendum jǫfri Þrœnda}; fólkprúðr stillir keyrði breiðan flota norðan; borð flugu of haf. Fyrðar mæltu sem harðast á hendr frǫmum jarli; af því hófsk ǫnn lendum mǫnnum; errinn harri bjó Hákarlastrǫnd með herskip.

The valiant king then sent word to {the wide-landed prince of the Þrœndir} [= Skúli]; the battle-brave ruler led a great fleet from the north; the ship-planks flew across the sea. People spoke very harshly against the excellent jarl; from this there arose trouble for the district chieftains; the bold lord filled Hákarlastrǫnd with warships.

Mss: E(164v), F(104ra), 42ˣ(140v), 81a(96va), 304ˣ(304r), Flat(174va) (Hák)

Readings: [1] sendi: seldi Flat;    Þrœnda: om. 81a    [2] lendum: ‘londum’ 42ˣ    [3] flota: flota svá Flat    [4] flugu: ‘fludu’ 304ˣ, flugu þá Flat;    borð: borg F;    haf stillir: stillir 304ˣ, hafit Flat    [5] mæltu: mæla 304ˣ    [6] mǫnnum: om. 81a    [7] errinn: so all others, œrrinn E    [8] Hákarla‑: ‘harla’ 304ˣ;    frǫmum: fyr aumum 42ˣ, frá mínum 304ˣ

Editions: Skj AII, 93, Skj BII, 105, Skald II, 56; E 1916, 562, F 1871, 482, Hák 1910-86, 475, Hák 1977-82, 89, Flat 1860-8, III, 107.

Context: In 1233, Hákon invited Jarl Skúli Bárðarson to Bergen in order to discuss tensions that had arisen between their followers.  Skúli sailed from Trondheim to Bergen with his fleet, but when he arrived at the landing docks, he found them already crowded by the king’s ships.  He was forced to moor his fleet elsewhere, where it was badly damaged by storms.

Notes: [1] jǫfri Þrœnda ‘prince of the Þrœndir [= Skúli]’: Skúli’s power was centralised in Trøndelag, while Hákon had strong support in Bergen and Oslo. — [6] af því hófsk ǫnn lendum mǫnnum ‘from this there arouse trouble for the district chieftains’: Skúli expressed his disfavour to the king’s lendir menn ‘district chieftains’ who had spoken against him in Bergen (see Note to st. 3/3 below). After Skúli usurped the throne of Norway in 1239, he arranged for the death of all the king’s liegemen that his forces could reach. For lendir menn, see also Note to Þham Magndr 1/6-7. — [8] Hákarlastrǫnd: Lit. ‘Shark-beach’, extending from Nordnespynten to Tollboden in Bergen.

References

1. Bibliography
2. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
3. Flat 1860-8 = Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and C. R. Unger, eds. 1860-8. Flateyjarbók. En samling af norske konge-sagaer med indskudte mindre fortællinger om begivenheder i og udenfor Norge samt annaler. 3 vols. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
4. F 1871 = Unger, C. R., ed. 1871. Fríssbók: Codex Frisianus. En samling af norske konge-sagaer. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
5. E 1916 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1916. Eirspennill: AM 47 fol. Nóregs konunga sǫgur: Magnús góði – Hákon gamli. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske historiske kildeskriftskommission.
6. Hák 1977-82 = Mundt, Marina, ed. 1977. Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar etter Sth. 8 fol., AM 325VIII, 4° og AM 304, 4°. Oslo: Forlagsentralen. Suppl. by James E. Knirk, Rettelser til Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar etter Sth. 8 fol., AM 325VIII, 4° og AM 304, 4°. Norrøne tekster 2. Oslo: Norsk historisk kjeldeskrift-institutt, 1982.
7. Hák 1910-86 = Kjær, Albert and Ludvig Holm-Olsen, eds. 1910-86. Det Arnamagnæanske haandskrift 81a fol. (Skálholtsbók yngsta) indeholdende Sverris saga, Bǫglungasǫgur, Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar. Oslo: Den norske historiske kildeskriftkommission and Kjeldeskriftfondet.
8. Internal references
9. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þorkell hamarskáld, Magnússdrápa 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. 410-11.