Sigv ErfÓl 8I
Judith Jesch (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Erfidrápa Óláfs helga 8’ 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. 674.
text and translation
Ǫld vann Ôleifr fellda
(ǫflgan sigr) inn digri
(gekk sóknþorinn sœkja
synjór framm í brynju).
En, þeirs austan nenna,
— óx hildr — með gram mildum
— mart segik bert — í bjarta
blóðrǫst Svíar óðu.
Ôleifr inn digri vann fellda ǫld; sóknþorinn synjór gekk framm í brynju sœkja ǫflgan sigr. En Svíar, þeirs nenna austan, óðu í bjarta blóðrǫst með mildum gram; hildr óx; segik mart bert.
‘Óláfr inn digri (‘the Stout’) cut down men; the battle-daring seigneur advanced in his mail-shirt to seek a powerful victory. And the Swedes, who travel from the east, waded into the bright current of blood alongside the gracious prince; battle intensified; I say much plainly. ’
notes and context
King Óláfr’s armour and weapons at the battle of Stiklastaðir (Stiklestad) are described.
[1-4]: (a) The present edn (with ÍF 27 and Hkr 1991) retains the version of l. 2 found in the main ms. and all other mss but one. This entails taking sœkja ǫflgan sigr ‘seek a powerful victory’ together, although it would be natural to read sœkja framm as an intransitive phrase meaning ‘advance’. (b) Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) and Kock (Skald; NN §660) prefer the reading opt vann sigr ‘he often won victory’ in l. 2, but since this is found only in 61 it is clearly secondary, and the repetition of vann from l. 1 may indicate corruption. Despite this common starting-point, the two eds construe the lines differently. Finnur Jónsson takes sóknþorinn ‘(the) battle-daring (one)’ (l. 3) as the subject of vann ‘won’ (l. 2). Kock argues that the helmingr consists of three end-stopped sentences (l. 1, l. 2, and ll. 3-4), with inn digri ‘the Stout (one)’ (l. 2) as the subject of vann, but there are no parallels to Óláfr being referred to by his epithet alone.
readings
- [1] Ôleifr fellda: Ôleif felldan Holm2, J2ˣ, 73aˣ, 68, 325V, Bb
- [2] ǫflgan: opt vann 61
- [2] digri: digra 73aˣ, 68
- [3] sœkja: ‘sǫcku’ J2ˣ, søkkva 61
- [4] synjór: so 325V, 325VII, Bb, Tóm, ‘sinnior’ Kˣ, J2ˣ, Holm4, ‘sinior’ Holm2, 68, ‘suinnor’ 73aˣ, ‘syniur’ 61, Flat
- [5] þeirs (‘þeir er’): þar er J2ˣ, 325V, er 61, Bb, Flat, Tóm, þeir 325VII
- [5] austan: ‘æystan’ 325VII
- [5] nenna: runnu J2ˣ, stefna 61, nefna 325V, 325VII, Bb, Flat, Tóm
- [6] óx: hófsk 325V, Flat, Tóm, ‘hofizt’ Bb
- [7] mart: om. 73aˣ
- [7] segik (‘segi ec’): sveif J2ˣ, ek segi 73aˣ
- [7] bert: beit 325V
- [7] bjarta: ‘bjartu’ 73aˣ, hjarta 325VII
- [8] blóð‑: blóð‑ corrected from hlóð‑ 325VII
sources
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.
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AM 36 folx (Kx) — 461r/29 - 461v/7
imagesǪld vann Ôleifr fellda
(ǫflgan sigr) inn digri
(gekk sóknþorinn sœkja
†sinnior† framm í brynju).
En, þeirs austan nenna,
— óx hildr — með gram mildum
— mart segik bert — í bjarta
blóðrǫst Svíar óðu.Ø̨lld vaɴ Olafr felda || ꜹflgan sigr iɴ digri | geck sócn þoriɴ sǫkia | siɴior fram i brynio | eɴ þeir er ꜹstan neɴa | ox hildr með gram mildom | mart segi ec berk i biarta | bloðrꜹst Sviar oðo
(KS)
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Holm perg 2 4° (Holm2) — 65v/16 - 65v/18
Ǫld vann Ôleif felldan
images
(ǫflgan sigr) inn digri
(gekk sóknþorinn sœkja
†sinior† framm í brynju).
En, þeirs austan nenna,
— óx hildr — með gram mildum
— mart segik bert — í bjarta
blóðrǫst Svíar óðu. -
AM 38 folx (J2x) — 222r/6 - 222r/13
Ǫld vann Ôleif felldan
images
(ǫflgan sigr) inn digri
(gekk sóknþorinn †sǫcku†
†sinnior† framm í brynju).
En, þar er austan runnu,
— óx hildr — með gram mildum
— mart sveif bert — í bjarta
blóðrǫst Svíar óðu. -
AM 73 a folx (73ax) — 197r/13 - 197r/20
Ǫld vann Ôleif felldan
images
(ǫflgan sigr) inn digra
(gekk sóknþorinn sœkja
†suinnor† framm í brynju).
En, þeirs austan nenna,
— óx hildr — með gram mildum
— ek segi bert — í †bjartu†
blóðrǫst Svíar óðu. -
AM 68 fol (68) — 64v/36 - 64v/38
Ǫld vann Ôleif felldan
images
(ǫflgan sigr) inn digra
(gekk sóknþorinn sœkja
†sinior† framm í brynju).
En, þeirs austan nenna,
— óx hildr — með gram mildum
— mart segik bert — í bjarta
blóðrǫst Svíar óðu. -
Holm perg 4 4° (Holm4) — 60vb/6 - 60vb/11
Ǫld vann Ôleifr fellda
images
(ǫflgan sigr) inn digri
(gekk sóknþorinn sœkja
†sinnior† framm í brynju).
En, þeirs austan nenna,
— óx hildr — með gram mildum
— mart segik bert — í bjarta
blóðrǫst Svíar óðu. -
AM 61 fol (61) — 123rb/22 - 123rb/25
Ǫld vann Ôleifr fellda
images
(opt vann sigr) inn digri
(gekk sóknþorinn søkkva
†syniur† framm í brynju).
En, er austan stefna,
— óx hildr — með gram mildum
— mart segik bert — í bjarta
blóðrǫst Svíar óðu. -
AM 325 V 4° (325V) — 79va/2 - 79va/7
Ǫld vann Ôleif felldan
images
(ǫflgan sigr) inn digri
(gekk sóknþorinn sœkja
synjór framm í brynju).
En, þar er austan nefna,
— hófsk hildr — með gram mildum
— mart segik beit — í bjarta
blóðrǫst Svíar óðu. -
AM 325 VII 4° (325VII) — 36r/45 - 36r/47
Ǫld vann Ôleifr fellda
images
(ǫflgan sigr) inn digri
(gekk sóknþorinn sœkja
synjór framm í brynju).
En, þeir †æystan† nefna,
— óx hildr — með gram mildum
— mart segik bert — í hjarta
blóð-rǫst Svíar óðu. -
Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 197ra/15 - 197ra/19
Ǫld vann Ôleif felldan
images
(ǫflgan sigr) inn digri
(gekk sóknþorinn sœkja
synjór framm í brynju).
En, er austan nefna,
— †hofizt† hildr — með gram mildum
— mart segik bert — í bjarta
blóðrǫst Svíar óðu. -
GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 123va/25 - 123va/28
Ǫld vann Ôleifr fellda
images
(ǫflgan sigr) inn digri
(gekk sóknþorinn sœkja
†syniur† framm í brynju).
En, er austan nefna,
— hófsk hildr — með gram mildum
— mart segik bert — í bjarta
blóðrǫst Svíar óðu. -
GKS 1008 fol (Tóm) — 153v/25 - 153v/27
Ǫld vann Ôleifr fellda
images
(ǫflgan sigr) inn digri
(gekk sóknþorinn sœkja
synjór framm í brynju).
En, er austan nefna,
— hófsk hildr — með gram mildum
— mart segik bert — í bjarta
blóðrǫst Svíar óðu. -
AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 294v/6 - 294v/13
images
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