Ótt Óldr 2III
Matthew Townend (ed.) 2017, ‘Óttarr svarti, Óláfsdrápa sœnska 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. 337.
Þengill vas þegar ungr
þreks gjǫrr vígǫrr;
haldask biðk hans aldr;
hann telk yfirmann.
Ungr þengill, gjǫrr þreks, vas þegar vígǫrr; biðk aldr hans haldask; telk hann yfirmann.
The young ruler, filled with power, was already battle-eager; I wish his life to continue; I reckon him a superior man.
Mss: R(39v), Tˣ(41r), U(37r), 744ˣ(40v), C(9r) (SnE)
Readings: [1] ungr: ‘[…]gr’ U [2] þreks: ‘þ[…]’ U; gjǫrr: so C, gjǫr R, gǫrr Tˣ, ‘gerr avrr’ U, gerr 744ˣ; víg‑: vígs C [4] tel: læt C; yfir‑: fyrir 744ˣ
Editions: Skj AI, 289, Skj BI, 267, Skald I, 137, NN §718; SnE 1848-87, I, 518-19, II, 342, 539, 606, III, 108, SnE 1931, 182, SnE 1998, I, 101.
Context: This stanza is quoted in Skm to illustrate the use of þengill as a heiti for ‘ruler’.
Notes: [All]: In U, the helmingr is attributed to ‘Arnórr’ (possibly Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson). — [2] vígǫrr ‘battle-eager’: Both Skj B and Skald prefer the C variant vígs ǫrr (i.e. ǫrr vígs ‘eager in battle’), but the majority form is perfectly acceptable.
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- SnE 1848-87 = Snorri Sturluson. 1848-87. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar: Edda Snorronis Sturlaei. Ed. Jón Sigurðsson et al. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Legatum Arnamagnaeanum. Rpt. Osnabrück: Zeller, 1966.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- SnE 1931 = Snorri Sturluson. 1931. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar. Ed. Finnur Jónsson. Copenhagen: Gyldendal.
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Internal references
- Diana Whaley 2017, ‘(Biography of) Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 3.
- (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=112> (accessed 25 April 2024)
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