Judith Jesch (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Erfidrápa Óláfs helga 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. 682.
[1] þat: því 61, þat corrected from þeir 325VII
[2] máttit: metit 321ˣ, máttuð 73aˣ, 325V, mátta 61, mátti Flat, ‘ma(ttud)’(?) W
1. skær (noun m.): horse < skænjǫrðungr (noun m.)
[3] skæ‑Njǫrðungum: ‘ske mordungum’ 321ˣ, ‘skein j orðungum’ 73aˣ, ‘sk(yniorvngvm)’(?) 61, ‘skeiniordvngvm’ 325V, ský‑Njǫrðungum Flat, Tóm
1. skær (noun m.): horse < skænjǫrðungr (noun m.)
[3] skæ‑Njǫrðungum: ‘ske mordungum’ 321ˣ, ‘skein j orðungum’ 73aˣ, ‘sk(yniorvngvm)’(?) 61, ‘skeiniordvngvm’ 325V, ský‑Njǫrðungum Flat, Tóm
Njǫrðungr (noun m.; °; -ar): one of the Nirðir, Njǫrðungar < skænjǫrðungr (noun m.)
[3] skæ‑Njǫrðungum: ‘ske mordungum’ 321ˣ, ‘skein j orðungum’ 73aˣ, ‘sk(yniorvngvm)’(?) 61, ‘skeiniordvngvm’ 325V, ský‑Njǫrðungum Flat, Tóm
lauss (adj.; °compar. lausari): loose, free, without < skýlauss (adj.)
[4] ‑lauss: ‑laust 321ˣ, Flat
drjúgr (adj.; °compar. -ari (drýgari [$1033$] ms. 56v, superl. -astr): very, excessive
[5] Drjúg: drýg Holm2, ‘dvinor’ 321ˣ, draug 73aˣ, 325V, drjúgr 325VII
[8] furða: fyrða Holm2, furðu 73aˣ, Holm4, 325V, spurðan 61
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Undr láta þat ýtar |
People declare that no small wonder, that the cloudless sun was not able to warm the Njǫrðungar <gods> of the steed of the prop [(lit. ‘steed-Njǫrðungar
In ÓH-Hkr, the narrative mentions the solar eclipse (see Note to [All]). In the W text of SnE, ll. 1-4 are adduced as an example of the fact that men can be called Njǫrðungar (see Note to l. 3 below).
There was a solar eclipse on 31 August 1030; for discussion of the dating of the battle, and whether it coincided with the eclipse see ÍF 27, xcii-xcviii.
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