Judith Jesch (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Víkingarvísur 12’ 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. 551.
Tǫnn rauð tolfta sinni
tírfylgjandi ylgjar
(varð) í Fetlafirði
(fjǫrbann lagit mǫnnum).
{Tírfylgjandi} rauð tǫnn ylgjar tolfta sinni í Fetlafirði; {fjǫrbann} varð lagit mǫnnum.
‘The glory-follower [WARRIOR] reddened the tooth of the she-wolf for the twelfth time in Fetlafjǫrðr; a life-ban [DEATH] was imposed on men. ’
Óláfr’s next battle was west in Fetlafjǫrðr. The stanza follows on from st. 9, with only a brief prose link.
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.
Tǫɴ rꜹð xij siɴi | tír fylgiandi ylgiar | varð i fetlafirði | fiorbaɴ lagit mǫnnum
(KS)
Tǫnn rauð tolfta sinni
tír†fylgiadi† ylgjar
(varð) í Fetlafirði
(fjǫrbann †lag[...] m(an)ni†).
Tǫnn rauð tolfta sinni
tírfylgjandi ylgjar
(varð) í Fetlafirði
(fjǫrbann lagit manna).
Tǫnn rauð tolfta sinni
tírfylgjandi ylgjar
(varð) í Fetlafirði
(fjǫrbann lagit manna).
Tǫnn rauð tolfta sinni
tírfylgjandi ylgjar
(varð) í Fetlafirði
(fjǫrbann lagit manna).
Tǫnn réð tolfta sinni
tírfylgjandi ylgjar
(varð) í Fetlafirði
(fjǫrbann lagit mǫnnum).
Tǫnn rauð tolfta sinni
tírfylgjandi ylgjar
(varð) í Fetlafirði
(†feyr-†bann lagit mǫnnum).
Tǫnn rauð í tolfta sinni
tírfylgjandi ylgjar
(varð) í Fetlafirði
(fjǫrbann lagit mǫnnum).
Skj: Sigvatr Þórðarson, 1. Víkingarvísur 12: AI, 227, BI, 216, Skald I, 112, NN §615; Hkr 1893-1901, II, 24, IV, 113, ÍF 27, 24, Hkr 1991, I, 266 (ÓHHkr ch. 17); ÓH 1941, I, 48 (ch. 24), Flat 1860-8, II, 21; Fell 1981b, 120, Jón Skaptason 1983, 64, 225.
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