Sigv Lv 24I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Lausavísur 24’ 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. 729.
text and translation
Hô þótti mér hlæja
hǫll of Nóreg allan
— fyrr vask kenndr á knǫrrum —
klif, meðan Ôleifr lifði.
Nú þykki mér miklu
— mitt stríð es svá — hlíðir
— jǫfurs hylli varðk alla —
óblíðari síðan.
Hô, hǫll klif þótti mér hlæja of allan Nóreg, meðan Ôleifr lifði; vask fyrr kenndr á knǫrrum. Nú þykki mér hlíðir miklu óblíðari síðan; svá es stríð mitt; varðk alla hylli jǫfurs.
‘The high, sloping cliffs seemed to me to laugh over all Norway while Óláfr was alive; I was once recognized on ships. Now the slopes seem to me much less agreeable since; such is my affliction; I have lost all favour of the ruler.’
notes and context
Sigvatr is ill content at home (see Context to Lv 23). One day he goes out and speaks this stanza.
The attribution of the poet’s feelings to the natural environment (the ‘pathetic fallacy’) is notable: see Guðrún Nordal et al. (1992-2006, I, 220).
readings
- [1] þótti: þóttu J2ˣ, E, 761bˣ
- [2] hǫll: ǫll J2ˣ, E, 761bˣ
- [3] knǫrrum: knerri F
- [4] Ôleifr: ‘Olif’ 39
- [5] þykki: þykkja J2ˣ, E, 761bˣ
- [6] es svá (‘er sva’): vera F, er þat J2ˣ, E, 761bˣ
- [6] hlíðir: liðir 39, síðan F
- [7] hylli: falli F
- [7] varðk alla (‘varð ec alla’): kann ek illa F
- [8] síðan: hlíðir F
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 63 folx (Kx) — 499v/18 - 499v/25
imagesHô þótti mér hlæja
hǫll of Nóreg allan
— fyrr vask kenndr á knǫrrum —
klif, meðan Ôleifr lifði.
Nú þykki mér miklu
— mitt stríð es svá — hlíðir
— jǫfurs hylli varðk alla —
óblíðari síðan.Há þotti mer hlæia | hꜹll um noreg allan | fyʀ var ec kendr a knǫʀom | klif meþan Olafr lifþi | nu þicki mer miclo | mitt strið er sva hliþir | jofurs hylli varð ec alla | obliðari siþan |
(RDF)
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AM 39 fol (39) — 13va/4 - 13va/7
imagesHô þótti mér hlæja
hǫll of Nóreg allan
— fyrr vask kenndr á knǫrrum —
klif, meðan †Olif† lifði.
Nú þykki mér miklu
— mitt stríð es svá — liðir
— jǫfurs hylli varðk alla —
óblíðari síðan.Há þótti mer hlæia | holl vm noʀeg allan fyʀ var ec kendr aknoʀom | clif meþan olafr lifði . nuþicki mer miclo mítt striþ | er sua liðir iofurs hylli varþ ec alla ubliþari siþan . |
(RDF)
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AM 45 fol (F) — 38ra/27 - 38ra/30
imagesHô þótti mér hlæja
hǫll of Nóreg allan
— fyrr vask kenndr á knerri —
klif, meðan Ôleifr lifði.
Nú þykki mér miklu
— mitt stríð vera — síðan
— jǫfurs falli kann ek illa —
óblíðari hlíðir.Há þotti mer | hlæía hꜹll of noreg . allan fyʀ var ek kendr a knerri klíf me | ðan olafr lifði . nv þicki mer myclu mítt striþ vera siðan io | fvrs falli kaɴ ek illa obliðari hliðir .
(RDF)
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AM 38 folx (J2x) — 242r/29 - 242v/2
imagesHô þóttu mér hlæja
ǫll of Nóreg allan
— fyrr vask kenndr á knǫrrum —
klif, meðan Ôleifr lifði.
Nú þykkja mér miklu
— mitt stríð er þat — hlíðir
— jǫfurs hylli varðk alla —
óblíðari síðan.Há þottu mer hlæia | ꜹll um Noreg allann | fyʀ var ec kendr a knꜹʀum | klif meþan Olafr lifðe | nu þykia mer miclo | mitt strið er þat hliðir || jofurs hylli varþ ec alla | obliþari siþann |
(RDF)
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AM 47 fol (E) — 4v/5 - 4v/7
imagesHô þóttu mér hlæja
ǫll of Nóreg allan
— fyrr vask kenndr á knǫrrum —
klif, meðan Ôleifr lifði.
Nú þykkja mér miklu
— mitt stríð er þat — hlíðir
— jǫfurs hylli varðk alla —
óblíðari síðan.Ha þotto mer hlęia aull of noreg allan fyʀ var ek kendr aknǫrrom klif | meðan olafr lífðe nu þickia mer mycklo mitt strið er þat hliðer iofuʀs hylle uarð ek alla óblið | aʀi síðan .
(RDF)
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AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 311r/11 - 311r/18
imagesHô þóttu mér hlæja
ǫll of Nóreg allan
— fyrr vask kenndr á knǫrrum —
klif, meðan Ôleifr lifði.
Nú þykkja mér miklu
— mitt stríð er þat — hlíðir
— jǫfurs hylli varðk alla —
óblíðari síðan.Ha þottu mer hlæia | aull of noreg allan | fyrr var ek kendr a knaurrum | klif meþan olafr lifþi | nu þickia mer miklu | mitt striþ er þat hliþir | iofurs hylli varþ ek alla | obliþari siþan . |
(RDF)
editions and texts
Skj: Sigvatr Þórðarson, 13. Lausavísur 26: AI, 273, BI, 252, Skald I, 130, NN §1934C; Hkr 1777-1826, III, 12, VI, 126, Hkr 1868, 521 (MGóð ch. 9), Hkr 1893-1901, III, 19, IV, 184, ÍF 28, 17, Hkr 1991, II, 566 (MGóð ch. 8), F 1871, 173, E 1916, 12; Konráð Gíslason 1892, 41, 189-91, Jón Skaptason 1983, 208.
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