RvHbreiðm Hl 36III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 36’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1044.
Gaf landreki lofðum
linnból inn margsvinni;
sigrstýrir nam særa
sefþvengjar hrynvengi.
Frægr vísi réð fleygja
fjallreyðar glóstalli;
morðkennir gaf mǫnnum
móinsæti ágæta.
Inn margsvinni landreki gaf lofðum {linnból}; {sigrstýrir} nam særa {hrynvengi {sefþvengjar}}. Frægr vísi réð fleygja {glóstalli {fjallreyðar}}; {morðkennir} gaf mǫnnum {ágæta móinsæti}.
The very wise land-ruler gave {snake-lair} [GOLD] to warriors; {the victory-controller} [WARRIOR] began to injure {the resounding meadow {of the rush-thong}} [SERPENT > GOLD]. The renowned ruler flung {the glowing resting place {of the mountain-char}} [SERPENT > GOLD]; {the battle-master} [WARRIOR] gave {the splendid serpent-seat} [GOLD] to men.
Mss: papp25ˣ(34r), R683ˣ(129r)
Readings: [4] ‑þvengjar: ‑þvengar R683ˣ [5] vísi: vísir papp25ˣ, R683ˣ [8] móinsæti: ‘moesæte’ papp25ˣ, ‘möe sæte’ R683ˣ
Editions: Skj AI, 519, Skj BI, 495-6, Skald I, 243; Hl 1941, 25, 66-7.
Context: As st. 35 above.
Notes: [2] inn margsvinni ‘the very wise’: See Note to st. 35/6. — [4] hrynvengi sefþvengjar ‘the resounding meadow of the rush-thong [SERPENT > GOLD]’: The prefix hryn- ‘resounding’ must refer to jingling pieces of gold. — [5] vísi ‘ruler’: See Note to st. 19/3. — [6] fjallreyðar ‘of the mountain-char [SERPENT]’: Reyðr is a fish, the Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus). See Notes to Steinn Óldr 11/7II and Sturl Hrafn 7/8II. — [7]: The line recalls Arn Þorfdr 11/5II. — [8] ágæta ‘splendid’: If the adj. is retained in this form, it must be a n. acc. sg. weak form qualifying móinsæti ‘serpent-seat’. Such a construction is possible, but rare (see NS §50). Previous eds (except Sveinbjörn Egilsson in SnE 1848, 242) emend to ágætum (m. dat. pl.) ‘splendid’ as a qualifier to mǫnnum ‘men’ (l. 7).
References
- Bibliography
- SnE 1848 = Sveinbjörn Egilsson, ed. 1848. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar, eða Gylfaginning, Skáldskaparmál og Háttatal. Reykjavík: Prentsmiðja landsins.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- NS = Nygaard, Marius. 1906. Norrøn syntax. Kristiania (Oslo): Aschehoug. Rpt. 1966.
- Hl 1941 = Jón Helgason and Anne Holtsmark, eds. 1941. Háttalykill enn forni. BA 1. Copenhagen: Munksgaard.
- Internal references
- Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Þorfinnsdrápa 11’ 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. 242-3.
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Steinn Herdísarson, Óláfsdrápa 11’ 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. 376-7.
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hrafnsmál 7’ 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. 733-4.
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