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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Sigv Berv 4II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Bersǫglisvísur 4’ 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. 15-16.

Sigvatr ÞórðarsonBersǫglisvísur
345

text and translation

Gekk við móð inn mikla,
Magnús, allt í gǫgnum
ferð, þars flotnar bǫrðusk,
faðir þinn liði sínu.
Varði hart, en hjǫrtu
hugfull við þat skullu,
(Ôláfr réð svá) jǫfra
erfðir (framm at hverfa).

Magnús, faðir þinn gekk við inn mikla móð liði sínu allt í gǫgnum ferð, þars flotnar bǫrðusk. Varði hart erfðir jǫfra, en hugfull hjǫrtu skullu við þat; Ôláfr réð at hverfa framm svá.
 
‘Magnús, your father went with great spirit with his company all through the throng where sea-warriors fought. He defended the inheritance of princes fiercely, and high-mettled hearts beat hard at that; Óláfr pushed forwards thus.

notes and context

[7-8] erfðir jǫfra ‘the inheritance of princes’: Refers to Norway. For such circumlocutions denoting that country, see Note to Anon Nkt 25/7.

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editions and texts

Skj: Sigvatr Þórðarson, 11. Bersǫglisvísur 3: AI, 252, BI, 235, Skald I, 122; Fms 6, 39 (Mgóð ch. 22); Flat 1860-8, III, 267, Mork 1928-32, 26-7, Andersson and Gade 2000, 105, 466 (MH); Jón Skaptason 1983, 140, 288.

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