Sigv Knútdr 6^I

Gôtut dróttnar
Danmǫrk spanit
und sik sǫkum
snarir herfarar.
Þá lét skarpla
Skáney Dana
hlǫðr herjaða.
Hǫfuðfremstr jǫfurr.

Snarir dróttnar gôtut spanit Danmǫrk und sik sǫkum herfarar. Þá lét {hlǫðr Dana} Skáney herjaða skarpla. … Hǫfuðfremstr jǫfurr.

The bold lords could not get Denmark lured under them because of warfare. Then {the feller of the Danes} [NORWEGIAN KING = Óláfr] had Skåne ravaged fiercely. …The most eminent prince.

Mss: Kˣ(409v), 325XI 1(3ra) (Hkr); Holm2(52r), J2ˣ(196v), 321ˣ(184), 73aˣ(159v), 68(49v), Holm4(46ra), 61(111vb), 75c(30v), 325V(58rb), Bb(181va), Flat(115ra), Tóm(138r) (ÓH); FskBˣ(46v) (Fsk); DG8(92r) (ÓHLeg)

Readings: [1] Gôtut: ‘Gatur’ Tóm, môttut FskBˣ, DG8;    dróttnar: dróttar DG8    [2] spanit: ‘[…]’ 325XI 1, svana FskBˣ, DG8    [3] und: […] 325XI 1, áðr FskBˣ, DG8;    sik: […] 325XI 1, set Tóm, svik DG8;    sǫkum: ‘s[…]’ 75c, sviku FskBˣ, DG8    [4] snarir: svá ok 61;    ‑farar: ‑fara FskBˣ, DG8    [5] Þá lét: þá lék Holm2, þá hét 61, hafði FskBˣ, DG8;    skarpla: ‘skarp[…]’ 325XI 1, skjóta 73aˣ, ‘scarþla’ 68, snarpla 75c, Bb, Flat, FskBˣ    [6] Skáney Dana: ‘[…]’ 325XI 1    [7] hlǫðr: hǫlðr 325V, Flat;    herjaða: herjaði 73aˣ    [8] ‑fremstr: ‘fre[…]’ 75c, fremst Tóm

Editions: Skj AI, 249-50, Skj BI, 233, Skald I, 121; Hkr 1893-1901, II, 360, IV, 145, ÍF 27, 277-8 (ÓHHkr ch. 149); ÓH 1941, I, 433 (ch. 139), Flat 1860-8, II, 279; Fsk 1902-3, 163-4 (ch. 27), ÍF 29, 185 (ch. 32); ÓHLeg 1922, 60, ÓHLeg 1982, 144-5.

Context: In ÓH-Hkr, the stanza follows sts 7-8, with a chapter in between and an account of Óláfr and Ǫnundr ravaging Skáni (Skåne). In Fsk and ÓHLeg, it concludes the sequence beginning with st. 3.

Notes: [5] skarpla ‘fiercely’: The alliteration on Skáney establishes this reading as correct, rather than the (more or less synonymous) snarpla.  — [6] Skáney ‘Skåne’: The prose Context cited above uses the alternative form Skáni. The sequence of events is uncertain but seems to have been as follows: Óláfr and Ǫnundr raided Sjáland/Selund (Zealand), then, prevented by Knútr’s military defences there and possibly deterred by the news that he was on his way with a great fleet, withdrew to Skáney (Skåne, also Danish territory) and raided there. Knútr pursued them to Á in helga (Helgeå in the east of Skåne, sts 7-9), where the two sides met in battle; see Note to Ótt Knútdr 11/3. — [8]: The line completes the klofastef ‘split refrain’; see Note to st. 3/1 above.

References

1. Bibliography
2. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
3. Flat 1860-8 = Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and C. R. Unger, eds. 1860-8. Flateyjarbók. En samling af norske konge-sagaer med indskudte mindre fortællinger om begivenheder i og udenfor Norge samt annaler. 3 vols. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
4. ÓH 1941 = Johnsen, Oscar Albert and Jón Helgason, eds. 1941. Saga Óláfs konungs hins helga: Den store saga om Olav den hellige efter pergamenthåndskrift i Kungliga biblioteket i Stockholm nr. 2 4^to med varianter fra andre håndskrifter. 2 vols. Det norske historiske kildeskriftfond skrifter 53. Oslo: Dybwad.
5. ÓHLeg 1982 = Heinrichs, Anne et al., eds and trans. 1982. Olafs saga hins helga: Die ‘Legendarische Saga’ über Olaf den Heiligen (Hs. Delagard. saml. nr. 8^II). Heidelberg: Winter.
6. ÍF 26-8 = Heimskringla. Ed. Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson. 1941-51.
7. Hkr 1893-1901 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1893-1901. Heimskringla: Nóregs konunga sǫgur af Snorri Sturluson. 4 vols. SUGNL 23. Copenhagen: Møller.
8. Fsk 1902-3 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1902-3. Fagrskinna: Nóregs kononga tal. SUGNL 30. Copenhagen: Møller.
9. ÍF 29 = Ágrip af Nóregskonunga sǫgum; Fagrskinna—Nóregs konungatal. Ed. Bjarni Einarsson. 1985.
10. ÓHLeg 1922 = Johnsen, Oscar Albert, ed. 1922. Olafs saga hins helga efter pergamenthåndskrift i Uppsala Universitetsbibliotek, Delagardieske samling nr. 8^II. Det norske historiske kildeskriftfond skrifter 47. Kristiania (Oslo): Dybwad.
11. Internal references
12. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Óláfs saga helga (Legendary)’ 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. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=31> (accessed 24 April 2024)
13. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Fagrskinna’ 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, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=56> (accessed 24 April 2024)
14. (forthcoming), ‘ Heimskringla, Óláfs saga helga (in Heimskringla)’ 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. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=152> (accessed 24 April 2024)
15. Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Óttarr svarti, 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. 781.