Judith Jesch (ed.) 2009, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl Kali Kolsson, Lausavísur 25’ 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, p. 603.
Nennum vér at vinna
— valfall má nú kalla —
(ár hefr drengr í dreyra)
drómund (roðit skjóma).
Þat mun norðr ok norðan
naddregn konan fregna
— þjóð beið ljótt af lýðum
líftjón — til Nerbónar.
Vér nennum at vinna drómund; má nú kalla valfall; drengr hefr ár roðit skjóma í dreyra. Konan mun fregna {þat naddregn} norðr ok norðan til Nerbónar; þjóð beið ljótt líftjón af lýðum.
We are minded to overpower the dromon; it may now be called a corpse-fall; the warrior has soon reddened his sword in blood. The woman will hear of {that spear-rain} [BATTLE] north and from the north to Narbonne; the army suffered ugly life-loss from the men.
Mss: Flat(140va); R702ˣ(49r) (Orkn)
Readings: [1] Nennum: Nennu R702ˣ [6] ‑regn: so R702ˣ, ‑regns Flat [7] beið: ‘bad’ R702ˣ
Editions: Skj AI, 510, Skj BI, 485, Skald I, 238, NN §§1156, 1987, 2481D; Flat 1860-8, II, 485, Orkn 1887, 173, Orkn 1913-16, 250, ÍF 34, 226-7 (ch. 88), Bibire 1988, 236.
Context: As for st. 24.
Notes: [4] drómund ‘the dromon’: See Note to st. 24/4. — [5, 8] norðr ok norðan til Nerbónar ‘north and from the north to Narbonne’: Kock argues (NN §1156) that the news of the battle went north (to Norway!) from Narbonne, however this is at odds with Rǫgnvaldr’s other sts which are obsessed with the woman in Narbonne, i.e. Ermingerðr (see Note to st. 15 [All]). He is saying that the news will reach her from both directions, north and south (cf. Bibire 1988; also Skj B and ÍF 34).
Use the buttons at the top of the page to navigate between stanzas in a poem.
The text and translation are given here, with buttons to toggle whether the text is shown in the verse order or prose word order. Clicking on indiviudal words gives dictionary links, variant readings, kennings and notes, where relevant.
This is the text of the edition in a similar format to how the edition appears in the printed volumes.
This view is also used for chapters and other text segments. Not all the headings shown are relevant to such sections.