Ólsv Hákdr 2III
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2017, ‘Óláfr svartaskáld Leggsson, Hákonardrápa 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 312.
Hreinstólpa átt hjálpar,
herrekkir, brag þekkja;
hátt sitið hans í réttu,
hvarmætr skǫrungr, sæti.
{Herrekkir}, átt þekkja brag {hreinstólpa hjálpar}; sitið, skǫrungr, hvarmætr, hátt í réttu sæti hans.
{War-promoter} [WARRIOR], you ought to recognise the praise {of the pure pillar of help} [= S. Óláfr]; sit, leader, excellent in all respects, tall in his proper seat.
Mss: 743ˣ(87r), 2368ˣ(113) (LaufE)
Readings: [4] hvarmætr: ‘hnar mætr’ 743ˣ, ‘hnär mætur’ 2368ˣ
Editions: Skj AII, 85, Skj BII, 96, Skald II, 51; LaufE 1979, 372.
Context: The helmingr is cited to illustrate the use of rekkr ‘promoter’ in reference to someone who gives honour and courage to others.
Notes: [1] hreinstólpa hjálpar ‘of the pure pillar of help [= S. Óláfr]’: This would appear to refer to King Óláfr inn helgi Haraldsson (S. Óláfr), the patron saint of Norway, who occupied the Norwegian throne in the early C11th (r. 1015-1030; see his Biography in SkP I). A number of other poetic uses of stólpi ‘pillar’ occur in religious poetry, particularly with reference to the Virgin Mary, see e.g. Anon Pét 5/7VII and Note there. — [3] hátt ‘tall’: Lit. ‘high’ (adv.).
References
- Bibliography
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- LaufE 1979 = Faulkes, Anthony, ed. 1979. Edda Magnúsar Ólafssonar (Laufás Edda). RSÁM 13. Vol. I of Two Versions of Snorra Edda from the 17th Century. Reykjavík: Stofnun Árna Magnússonar, 1977-9.
- SkP I = Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Ed. Diana Whaley. 2012.
- Internal references
- Russell Poole 2012, ‘(Biography of) Óláfr inn helgi Haraldsson’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 515.
- David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 5’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 800-1.
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