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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Sigm Lv 2II

Judith Jesch (ed.) 2009, ‘Sigmundr ǫngull, Lausavísur 2’ 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. 627-8.

Sigmundr ǫngullLausavísur
12

text and translation

Knút munk þembiþrjóti
þeim, es nú sitr heima,
— satts, at heldr hǫfum hættan
hans kind — í dag binda.

Munk í dag binda knút þeim þembiþrjóti, es nú sitr heima; satts, at hǫfum heldr hættan kind hans.
 
‘I will today tie a knot for the swollen stubborn fellow who is now sitting at home; it is true that we have rather risked his offspring.

notes and context

Rǫgnvaldr’s troop arrives in Jerusalem and visits all the ‘most sacred sites’ there (Orkn ch. 88, ÍF 34, 231). When they go to bathe in the Jordan, Rǫgnvaldr and Sigmundr swim across the river and tie large knots in some brushwood.

Sigmundr’s st. is cited between Rv Lv 27-8, with similar content. — For this practice of tying a knot on the far side of the Jordan, to taunt or challenge a competitor, see Rv Lv 27 and Note to [All]. — [2]: Echoes Árm Lv 2/8.

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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.

editions and texts

Skj: Sigmundr ǫngull, Lausavísur 2: AI, 532, BI, 513, Skald I, 251; Flat 1860-8, II, 487, Orkn 1887, 176, Orkn 1913-16, 255, ÍF 34, 232 (ch. 88), Bibire 1988, 237.

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