Ótt Knútdr 7I
Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Óttarr svarti, Knútsdrápa 7’ 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. 775.
text and translation
Fjǫrlausa hykk Frísi,
friðskerðir, þik gerðu,
— brauzt með byggðu setri
Brandfurðu þar — randa.
Játmundar hlaut undir
ættniðr gǫfugr hættar;
danskr herr skaut þá dǫrrum
drótt, es þú rakt flótta.
{Friðskerðir randa}, hykk þik gerðu Frísi fjǫrlausa; þar brauzt Brandfurðu með byggðu setri. {Gǫfugr ættniðr Játmundar} hlaut hættar undir; danskr herr skaut þá drótt dǫrrum, es þú rakt flótta.
‘Peace-breaker of shields [WARRIOR], I believe you made the Frisians lifeless; you destroyed Brentford there with its inhabited settlement. The noble descendant of Eadmund [= Edmund Ironside] received dangerous wounds; the Danish army then pierced the host with spears when you pursued the fleeing. ’
notes and context
The stanza is quoted after a brief account of Knútr’s attack on Brandfurða (Brentford).
[1-4]: Some emendation is necessary here. The ms. reading þeir in l. 2 suggests that scribes interpreted gerðu as a pret. pl., whereas modern eds instead take it as a past inf. All eds emend þeir in l. 2 and þér in l. 4 to þar ‘there’ and þik ‘you’, but differ as to which should be which. Skj B and Skald prefer to emend þeir to þar and þér to þik, while Knýtl 1919-25 and ÍF 35 emend þeir to þik and þér to þar. The latter seems preferable on account of a more compact syntax, and is adopted here, though þar may seem a little redundant alongside Brandfurðu.
readings
- [1] hykk: hyr 20dˣ
- [2] þik: þeir with þér in margin JÓ, 873ˣ, þeir 20dˣ, 41ˣ
- [4] þar: þér with þeir in margin JÓ, 873ˣ, þér 20dˣ, 41ˣ
- [5] hlaut: laut all
- [6] hættar: hættir all
- [8] es: enn 41ˣ
- [8] rakt: ‘rakzt’ 873ˣ
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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Jón Ólafsson 1741 (JÓ) — 20 - 20
Fjǫrlausa hykk Frísi,
images
friðskerðir, þeir gerðu,
— brauzt með byggðu setri
Brandfurðu þér — randa.
Játmundar laut undir
ættniðr gǫfugr hættir;
danskr herr skaut þá dǫrrum
drótt, es þú rakt flótta. -
AM 20 d folx (20dx) — 8r/22 - 8v/2
Fjǫrlausa hyr Frísi,
images
friðskerðir, þeir gerðu,
— brauzt með byggðu setri
Brandfurðu þér — randa.
Játmundar laut undir
ættniðr gǫfugr hættir;
danskr herr skaut þá dǫrrum
drótt, es þú rakt flótta. -
NKS 873 4°x (873x) — 10r/4 - 10r/11
Fjǫrlausa hykk Frísi,
images
friðskerðir, þeir gerðu,
— brauzt með byggðu setri
Brandfurðu þér — randa.
Játmundar laut undir
ættniðr gǫfugr hættir;
danskr herr skaut þá dǫrrum
drótt, es þú †rakzt† flótta. -
Holm papp 41 4°x (41x) — 8r/13 - 8r/16
Fjǫrlausa hykk Frísi,
friðskerðir, þeir gerðu,
— brauzt með byggðu setri
Brandfurðu þér — randa.
Játmundar laut undir
ættniðr gǫfugr hættir;
danskr herr skaut þá dǫrrum
drótt, enn þú rakt flótta.
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