Sigv Víkv 2I
Judith Jesch (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Víkingarvísur 2’ 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. 536.
text and translation
Þar vas enn, es ǫnnur
Ôleifr — né svik fôlusk —
odda þing í eyddri
Eysýslu gekk heyja.
Sitt ôttu fjǫr fótum
— fár beið ór stað sára —
enn, þeirs undan runnu,
allvaldr, búendr gjalda.
Þar vas enn, es Ôleifr gekk heyja {ǫnnur þing odda} í eyddri Eysýslu; svik né fôlusk. Allvaldr, búendr, þeirs runnu undan, ôttu enn gjalda fótum fjǫr sitt; fár beið sára ór stað.
‘There it came about also that Óláfr proceeded to hold other assemblies of weapon-points [BATTLES] in destroyed Saaremaa; treachery was not hidden. Mighty ruler, the farmers who ran away had again their feet to thank [lit. to repay] for their lives; few stood waiting for wounds. ’
notes and context
The inhabitants of Eysýsla (Saaremaa) offer Óláfr a payment. When they come, ostensibly with the payment, he meets them with an armed force. It turns out that they too had arrived with weapons, and there is a battle.
Ótt Hfl 7 mentions the fleeing of the people of Eysýsla, after stating that Óláfr got tribute from the people of Gotland. — [5-8]: ÓHLeg (1982, 42) echoes the metaphor of the farmers praising or thanking their feet for their lives, raising the possibility that it had access to more of the poem than it cites (see Introduction, above).
readings
- [1] Þar: þat Holm2, R686ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 68, 61, 325V, Bb, Flat, Tóm
- [1] es (‘er’): so 325VI, 68, 61, 325V, Flat, Tóm, ok Kˣ, papp18ˣ, Holm2, R686ˣ, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, Bb, at J2ˣ
- [1] ǫnnur: annat 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, unnut 61
- [2] Ôleifr: Óláf R686ˣ, Óláfs 325V, ‘ola(f)e’(?) Bb
- [2] fôlusk: fáluð J2ˣ, ‘falut’ 68, fôluzk Bb
- [3] þing: hríð 61
- [3] eyddri: auðri 61
- [6] fár: frá papp18ˣ, fárir 325VI
- [6] beið: leið 78aˣ
- [6] ór: í J2ˣ, 78aˣ
- [6] sára: so Holm2, R686ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 68, 61, 325V, Bb, Flat, Tóm, om. Kˣ, sára added later papp18ˣ
- [7] þeirs (‘þeir er’): þeir en 325VI, þeim 78aˣ
- [8] ‑valdr: so papp18ˣ, Holm2, R686ˣ, J2ˣ, 78aˣ, 61, 325V, Bb, Tóm, ‑valds Kˣ, ‑valdi 325VI, 73aˣ, Flat, ‑vald 68
- [8] búendr: bœndr 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 61, 325V, Tóm, ‘bendr’ 68, ‘bondr’ Bb, fé 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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AM 36 folx (Kx) — 222v/19 - 222v/26
imagesÞar vas enn, ok ǫnnur
Ôleifr — né svik fôlusk —
odda þing í eyddri
Eysýslu gekk heyja.
Sitt ôttu fjǫr fótum
— fár beið ór stað —
enn, þeirs undan runnu,
all-valds, búendr gjalda.Þar var eɴ oc ǫɴur | Olafr ne svic saluz | odda þing i eyddri | eyfyllo gecc heyia | sitt atto fior fotum | fár beið or stað | eɴ þeim er undan ruɴo | allvald boendr gialda | þridia orrosta
(KS)
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Holm papp 18 folx (papp18x) — 65v/26 - 65v/28
Þar vas enn, ok ǫnnur
images
Ôleifr — né svik fôlusk —
odda þing í eyddri
Eysýslu gekk heyja.
Sitt ôttu fjǫr fótum
— frá beið ór stað sára —
enn, þeirs undan runnu,
allvaldr, búendr gjalda. -
Holm perg 2 4° (Holm2) — 6r/29 - 6r/31
þat vas enn, ok ǫnnur
images
Ôleifr — né svik fôlusk —
odda þing í eyddri
Eysýslu gekk heyja.
Sitt ôttu fjǫr fótum
— fár beið ór stað sára —
enn, þeirs undan runnu,
allvaldr, búendr gjalda. -
UppsUB R 686x (R686x) — 11r/2 - 11r/5
þat vas enn, ok ǫnnur
images
Óláf — né svik fôlusk —
odda þing í eyddri
Eysýslu gekk heyja.
Sitt ôttu fjǫr fótum
— fár beið ór stað sára —
enn, þeirs undan runnu,
allvaldr, búendr gjalda. -
Thott 972 folx (972x) — 40va/4 - 40va/11
images -
AM 38 folx (J2x) — 120r/31 - 120v/5
þat vas enn, at ǫnnur
images
Ôleifr — né svik fáluð —
odda þing í eyddri
Eysýslu gekk heyja.
Sitt ôttu fjǫr fótum
— fár beið í stað sára —
enn, þeirs undan runnu,
allvaldr, búendr gjalda. -
AM 325 VI 4° (325VI) — 5vb/17 - 5vb/20
þat vas enn, †er† annat
images
Ôleifr — né svik fôlusk —
odda þing í eyddri
Eysýslu gekk heyja.
Sitt ôttu fjǫr fótum
— fárir beið ór stað sára —
enn, þeir en undan runnu,
all-valdi, bœndr gjalda. -
AM 321 4°x (321x) — 24/14 - 24/16
images -
AM 73 a folx (73ax) — 18r/20 - 18r/27
þat vas enn, ok annat
images
Ôleifr — né svik fôlusk —
odda þing í eyddri
Eysýslu gekk heyja.
Sitt ôttu fjǫr fótum
— fár beið ór stað sára —
enn, þeirs undan runnu,
all-valdi, bœndr gjalda. -
AM 78 a folx (78ax) — 17r/9 - 17r/16
þat vas enn, ok annat
images
Ôleifr — né svik fôlusk —
odda þing í eyddri
Eysýslu gekk heyja.
Sitt ôttu fjǫr fótum
— fár leið í stað sára —
enn, þeim undan runnu,
allvaldr, bœndr gjalda. -
AM 68 fol (68) — 5v/5 - 5v/7
þat vas enn, es ǫnnur
images
Ôleifr — né svik †falut† —
odda þing í eyddri
Eysýslu gekk heyja.
Sitt ôttu fjǫr fótum
— fár beið ór stað sára —
enn, þeirs undan runnu,
all-vald, †bendr† gjalda. -
AM 61 fol (61) — 79rb/20 - 79rb/23
þat vas enn, es unnut
images
Ôleifr — né svik fôlusk —
odda hríð í auðri
Eysýslu gekk heyja.
Sitt ôttu fjǫr fótum
— fár beið ór stað sára —
enn, þeirs undan runnu,
allvaldr, bœndr gjalda. -
AM 325 V 4° (325V) — 7va/23 - 7va/28
þat vas enn, es ǫnnur
images
Óláfs — né svik fôlusk —
odda þing í eyddri
Eysýslu gekk heyja.
Sitt ôttu fjǫr fótum
— fár beið ór stað sára —
enn, þeirs undan runnu,
allvaldr, bœndr gjalda. -
Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 126ra/5 - 126ra/9
þat vas enn, ok ǫnnur
images
†ola(f)e† — né svik fôluzk —
odda þing í eyddri
Eysýslu gekk heyja.
Sitt ôttu fjǫr fótum
— fár beið ór stað sára —
enn, þeirs undan runnu,
allvaldr, †bondr† gjalda. -
GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 80ra/20 - 80ra/22
þat vas enn, es ǫnnur
images
Ôleifr — né svik fôlusk —
odda þing í eyddri
Eysýslu gekk heyja.
Sitt ôttu fjǫr fótum
— fár beið ór stað sára —
enn, þeirs undan runnu,
all-valdi, fé gjalda. -
GKS 1008 fol (Tóm) — 95v/26 - 95v/28
þat vas enn, es ǫnnur
images
Ôleifr — né svik fôlusk —
odda þing í eyddri
Eysýslu gekk heyja.
Sitt ôttu fjǫr fótum
— fár beið ór stað sára —
enn, þeirs undan runnu,
allvaldr, bœndr gjalda. -
AM 37 folx (J1x) — 140r/21 - 140v/2
images
editions and texts
Skj: Sigvatr Þórðarson, 1. Víkingarvísur 2: AI, 223, BI, 213, Skald I, 111, NN §§1856, 2467, 2480A; Hkr 1893-1901, II, 11-12, IV, 107, ÍF 27, 10, Hkr 1991, I, 257 (ÓHHkr ch. 8); ÓH 1941, I, 39 (ch. 22), Flat 1860-8, II, 17; Fell 1981b, 110-11, Jón Skaptason 1983, 54, 220.
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