Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Knútsdrápa 9’ 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. 660.
Létat af jǫfurr
(ætt manna fannsk)
Jótlands etask
ílendr (at því).
Vildi foldar
fæst rôn Dana
hlífskjǫldr hafa.
Hǫfuðfremstr jǫfurr.
Ílendr létat {jǫfurr Jótlands} etask af; ætt manna fannsk at því. {Hlífskjǫldr Dana} vildi hafa fæst rôn foldar. … Hǫfuðfremstr jǫfurr.
‘Arrived in his land, the lord of Jutland [DANISH KING = Knútr] did not let himself be deprived; the race of men were pleased at that. The protecting shield of the Danes [DANISH KING = Knútr] would allow minimal plundering of the land. … The most eminent prince.’
In ÓH-Hkr, Snorri quotes this stanza in illustration of Knútr’s pursuit of Óláfr and Ǫnundr, prior to their encounter at Á in helga (Helgeå). In Fsk and ÓHLeg, the stanza is quoted after a brief account of the battle.
The stanza may well refer to the sea-battle at Á in helga (Helgeå, c. 1026, on which, see ÞSjár Róðdr, Ótt Knútdr 11 and Note to Ótt Knútdr 11/3), but since the p. n. is not given, this remains less than certain. The prose Contexts (above) cite the stanza in relation either to the battle itself or to the lead-up to it. — [8]: The line completes the klofastef ‘split refrain’; see Note to st. 3/1 above.
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.
Letað af jofurr | æt manna faɴz | jotlandz etaz | ilendr at þvi | vildi folldar | fæst ran dana | hlíf scioldr hafa | hof fremstr jofurr
(KS)
†let[…]† af jǫfurr
(ætt manna fannsk)
Jótlands etask
ílendr (at því).
†[…]di† foldar
fæst rôn Dana
hlífskjǫldr hafa.
†[…]fremstr jo[...]†.
Létat jǫfrar
(ætt manna fann)
Jótland ættask
ílendi (at því).
Vildi foldar
fæst rôn Dana
hlífskjǫldr hafa.
Hǫfuðfremstr jǫfurr.
Létat jǫfurr
(ætt manna fann)
Jótlands eta
ílendr (at því).
Vildi †fulldar†
frán Dana
hlífskjǫld hafa.
Hǫfuðfremstr jǫfurr.
Letat jofur. ætt manna fann jot landz eta j lendr at þui. villdi fulldar. fran | dana. hlif skiolld hafa. haufut fremstr jofr. |
(VEÞ)
Létat jǫfurr
(ætt manna fann)
Jótlands eta
ílendr (at því).
Vildi foldar
fráneygr Dana
hlífskjǫld hafa.
Hǫfuðfremstr jǫfurr.
†Lezat† af jǫfurr
(ætt manna fannsk)
Jótlands etask
ílendr (af því).
Vildi foldar
fæst rann Dana
hlífskjǫldr hafa.
Hǫfuðfremstr jǫfurr.
Létat af jǫfurr
(ætt manna fannsk)
Jótlands etask
ílendr (af því).
valdi foldar
flest rann Dana
hlífskjǫld hafa.
Hǫfuðfremstr jǫfurr.
Létat af jǫfurr
(ætt manna fannsk)
Jótlands etask
ílendr (af því).
Vildi foldar
fest rann †da†
hlífskjǫldr hafa.
Hǫfuðfremstr jǫfurr.
Létat af jǫfurr
(ætt manna fannsk)
í Jótlands í etask
ílendr (af því).
valdi foldar
fest rann Dana
hlífskjǫld hafa.
Hǫfuðfremstr jǫfurr.
leit af jǫfurr
(ætt manna fannsk)
Jótlands etask
ílendr (af því).
valdi foldar
flest rôn Dana
hlífskjǫld hafa.
Hǫfuðfremstr jǫfurr.
leitat af jǫfurr
(átt manna fannsk)
Jótlands etask
ílendr (at því).
Vildi foldar
†faust† rann Dana
hlífskjǫldr hafa.
Hǫfuðfremstr jǫfurr.
lét at af jǫfurr
(ætt manna fannsk)
Jótlands etask
ílendr (at því).
Vildi foldar
fest rôn Dana
hlífskjǫldr hafa.
Hǫfuðfremstr jǫfurr.
lét at af jǫfurr
(ætt manna fannsk)
Jótland er lauk
ílendr (af því).
Vildi foldar
fast rôn Dana
hlífskjǫldr hafa.
Hǫfuðfremstr jǫfurr.
Skj: Sigvatr Þórðarson, 10. Knútsdrápa 9: AI, 250-1, BI, 234, Skald I, 121; Hkr 1893-1901, II, 361, IV, 145, ÍF 27, 278 (ÓHHkr ch. 149); ÓH 1941, I, 434 (ch. 139), Flat 1860-8, II, 280; Fsk 1902-3, 164 (ch. 27), ÍF 29, 186 (ch. 32); ÓHLeg 1922, 61, ÓHLeg 1982, 146-7.
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