Sigv Knútdr 11I
Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Knútsdrápa 11’ 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. 663.
text and translation
Svá mun fár feril
fetum suðr metinn
hringdrífr hafa.
Hǫfuðfremstr jǫfurr.
{Fár hringdrífr} mun hafa svá metinn feril suðr fetum. Hǫfuðfremstr jǫfurr ...
‘Few ring-distributors [GENEROUS RULERS] will have thus measured the route south with their steps. The most eminent prince ... ’
notes and context
The stanza is quoted (in Fsk immediately after st. 10) as part of an account of Knútr’s pilgrimage to Rome.
[8]: The line completes the klofastef ‘split refrain’; see Note to st. 3/1.
readings
- [1] mun: mann FskAˣ
- [1] fár: ‘farr’ FskAˣ
- [1] feril: so FskAˣ, ferill all others
- [4] ‑fremstr: fremst 20dˣ
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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Jón Ólafsson 1741 (JÓ) — 30/30 - 30/33
imagesSva mun fár ferill | fetum sudr metinn | hring-drifr hafa | höfud fremstr jöfurr.
(KS)
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AM 20 d folx (20dx) — 13r/13 - 13r/16
Svá mun fár feril
images
fetum suðr metinn
hringdrífr hafa.
Hǫfuðfremst jǫfurr. -
Holm papp 41 4°x (41x) — 12r - 12r
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NKS 873 4°x (873x) — 13v/27 - 14r/2
images -
AM 303 4°x (FskAx) — 198/11 - 198/14
Svá mann †farr† feril
images
fetum suðr metinn
hringdrífr hafa.
Hǫfuðfremstr jǫfurr. -
AM 301 4°x (301x) — 72v/11 - 72v/12
imagesSva mann farr færil fetom suðr | metenn hringdrifr hafa hofuð fræmstr jofur. |
(HB)
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