Sigv Erlfl 8I
Judith Jesch (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Flokkr about Erlingr Skjálgsson 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. 640.
text and translation
Drakk eigi ek drykkju
dag þann, es mér sǫgðu
Erlings tál, at jólum
allglaðr, þess’s réð Jaðri.
Hans mun dráp of drúpa
dýrmennis mér kenna;
hǫfuð bôrum vér hæra
— hart morð vas þat — forðum.
Ek drakk eigi drykkju allglaðr at jólum þann dag, es sǫgðu mér tál Erlings, þess’s réð Jaðri. Dráp hans, dýrmennis, mun kenna mér of drúpa; vér bôrum hǫfuð hæra forðum; þat vas hart morð.
‘I did not drink my drink very happily [lit. happy] at Christmas on the day when they told me of the betrayal of Erlingr, the one who ruled Jæren. The killing of him, the splendid person, will cause me to droop; we [I] carried our head higher before; that was a harsh murder. ’
notes and context
In Flat, the stanza is cited within the section preserving articuli from Styrmir Kárason. It appears after Ólhelg Lv 7, with no context beyond remarks that both stanzas were recited after Erlingr’s death and that Sigvatr spoke the present stanza. For ÓHLeg, see Context to st. 3, above.
[3-4]: As pointed out by Kock (NN §2258), Sigvatr is here inconsistent as to whether j alliterates as a vowel or a consonant, with jólum alliterating with Erlingr and allglaðr while Jaðri remains outside the alliterative scheme.
readings
- [1] drykkju: so DG8, drekkju Flat
- [3] tál: fall DG8
- [6] ‑mennis: ‘‑nænings’ DG8
- [6] mér: om. DG8
- [7] vér: so DG8, þá Flat
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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GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 187va/12 - 187va/15
imagesDrakk eigi ek drekkju
dag þann, es mér sǫgðu
Erlings tál, at jólum
allglaðr, þess’s réð Jaðri.
Hans mun dráp of drúpa
dýrmennis mér kenna;
hǫfuð bôrum þá hæra
— hart morð vas þat — forðum.Drack eigi ek | dreckiu dag þann er mer sogdu erlings tꜳl at iolum allgladr þess er reed iadri | hans mvn drꜳp vm drupa dyrmennis mer kenna haufud bꜳrum þꜳ hæra hart mord var þat fordum.
(KS)
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DG 8 (DG8) — 94r/10 - 94r/12
Drakk eigi ek drykkju
images
dag þann, es mér sǫgðu
Erlings fall, at jólum
allglaðr, þess’s réð Jaðri.
Hans mun dráp of drúpa
dýr†-nænings† kenna;
hǫfuð bôrum vér hæra
— hart morð vas þat — forðum.
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