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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Sigv Austv 15I

R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Austrfararvísur 15’ 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. 604.

Sigvatr ÞórðarsonAustrfararvísur
141516

text and translation

Oss hafa augu þessi
íslenzk, kona, vísat
brattan stíg at baugi
bjǫrtum langt in svǫrtu.
Sjá hefr, mjǫð-Nanna, manni
mínn ókunnar þínum
fótr á fornar brautir
fulldrengila gengit.

Þessi íslenzk augu in svǫrtu hafa vísat oss, kona, brattan stíg langt at bjǫrtum baugi. Sjá fótr mínn hefr gengit fulldrengila á fornar brautir, ókunnar manni þínum, {mjǫð-Nanna}.
 
‘These black Icelandic eyes have shown us [me], woman, a steep path a long way to a bright ring. This foot of mine has walked most bravely on ancient ways, unknown to your husband, mead-Nanna <goddess> [WOMAN].

notes and context

The jarl gives Sigvatr an arm-ring as a reward, and when a woman who is present remarks that Sigvatr has not travelled for nothing with those dark eyes of his, he responds with a stanza.

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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: Sigvatr Þórðarson, 3. Austrfararvísur 15: AI, 238, BI, 224, Skald I, 116; Fms 4, 189 (ÓH ch. 86), Fms 12, 85, ÓH 1853, 82, 274, ÓH 1941, I, 202 (ch. 75), Flat 1860-8, II, 114; Hkr 1777-1826, II, 126-7, VI, 87, Hkr 1868, 309 (ÓHHkr ch. 92), Hkr 1893-1901, II, 173, ÍF 27, 140, Hkr 1991, I, 349 (ÓHHkr ch. 91); Ternström 1871, 20-1, 48-9, Konráð Gíslason 1892, 37, 179, Jón Skaptason 1983, 96, 242-3.

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