SnSt Ht 14^III

Hákun ræðr með heiðan
(hefr drengja vinr fengit)
— lǫnd verr buðlungr brandi
breiðfeld — (mikit veldi)
rógleiks náir ríki
remmi-Týr at stýra
— ǫld fagnar því — eignu;
orðróm konungdómi,

Hákun ræðr konungdómi með heiðan orðróm; {vinr drengja} hefr fengit mikit veldi; buðlungr verr breiðfeld lǫnd brandi; {remmi-Týr {rógleiks}} náir at stýra eignu ríki; ǫld fagnar því.

Hákon rules the kingdom with radiant reputation; {the friend of warriors} [RULER] has obtained great power; the prince protects the wide lands with the sword; {the strengthening-Týr <god> {of strife-play}} [BATTLE > WARRIOR] is able to control his own realm; people welcome that.

Mss: R(46v), Tˣ(48v), W(140), U(47r) (l. 1), U(50r) (SnE); W(115) (FoGT)

Readings: [1] Hákun: Hákon all others    [3] lǫnd: land U    [5] náir: ‘siair’ U    [6] remmi‑: renni‑ W(140)    [7] því eignu: ‘þi eignvm’ W(115)

Editions: Skj AII, 56, Skj BII, 64, Skald II, 37; SnE 1848-87, I, 618-21, II, 370, 380, III, 114, SnE 1879-81, I, 3, 75, II, 9, SnE 1931, 222, SnE 2007, 10-11; Konráð Gíslason 1895-7, I, 10; SnE 1848-87, II, 220-1, FoGT 1884, 136, 272-3, FoGT 2014, 26-7, 108-9.

Context: The syntactic variation is langlokur ‘late closures’, that is, ll. 1 and 8 form a syntactically independent clause. In FoGT the stanza illustrates a variation of antitheton (see Context to st. 12) and the Old Norse term langlokur is given.

Notes: [All]: The heading is langlokum ‘with late closures’ (U(47r) and added in R (R*)). For a discussion of this term and the use of the dat. (‘(composed) with late closures’), see SnE 2007, 52, 129. The term is also used in RvHbreiðm Hl, but other than in the present stanza and in Hl 59-60 this stylistic device is not attested elsewhere in the skaldic corpus. — [1] Hákun ‘Hákon’: For this form of the name, see Note to st. 1/1. — [3] verr ‘protects’: Altered in R to ferr ‘travels, goes, advances’ (R*). — [3, 4] breiðfeld lǫnd ‘the wide lands’: The second element ‑feld in the cpd adj. breiðfeld ‘wide’ is the p. p. of the weak verb fella with the meaning ‘arrange, establish, organise’ (see Heggstad et al. 2008: fella 9).

References

1. Bibliography
2. SnE 1848-87 = Snorri Sturluson. 1848-87. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar: Edda Snorronis Sturlaei. Ed. Jón Sigurðsson et al. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Legatum Arnamagnaeanum. Rpt. Osnabrück: Zeller, 1966.
3. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
4. SnE 1931 = Snorri Sturluson. 1931. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar. Ed. Finnur Jónsson. Copenhagen: Gyldendal.
5. Konráð Gíslason. 1895-7. Efterladte skrifter. 2 vols. I: Forelæsninger over oldnordiske skjaldekvad. II: Forelæsninger og videnskablige afhandlinger. Copenhagen: Gyldendal.
6. FoGT 1884 = Björn Magnússon Ólsen, ed. 1884. Den tredje og fjærde grammatiske afhandling i Snorres Edda tilligemed de grammatiske afhandlingers prolog og to andre tillæg. SUGNL 12. Copenhagen: Knudtzon.
7. SnE 2007 = Snorri Sturluson. 2007. Edda: Háttatal. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
8. SnE 1879-81 = Möbius, Theodor, ed. 1879-81. Hattatal Snorra Sturlusonar. 2 vols. Halle an de Saale: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses.
9. FoGT 2014 = Clunies Ross, Margaret and Jonas Wellendorf, eds. 2014. The Fourth Grammatical Treatise. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
10. Internal references
11. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, The Fourth Grammatical Treatise’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=34> (accessed 3 May 2024)
12. Kari Ellen Gade 2017, ‘ Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1001. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1347> (accessed 3 May 2024)
13. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 59’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1068.