Steinn Nizv 2II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Steinn Herdísarson, Nizarvísur 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 361.
text and translation
Hætti hersa dróttinn
hugstrangr, skipa langra
hinns með halft beið annat
hundrað Dana fundar.
Næst vas, þats réð rísta
reiðr atseti Hleiðrar
þangs láð mǫrum þingat
þrimr hundruðum sunda.
Hætti {hugstrangr dróttinn hersa}, hinns beið fundar Dana með halft annat hundrað langra skipa. Næst vas, þats {reiðr atseti Hleiðrar} réð rísta {láð þangs} þingat {þrimr hundruðum mǫrum sunda}.
‘The strong-minded lord of hersar [KING = Haraldr] put himself at risk, he who awaited the encounter with the Danes with a hundred and fifty long ships. Next it happened that the furious resident of Lejre [DANISH KING = Sveinn] cut the kelp’s land [SEA] thither with three hundred steeds of the sea [SHIPS].’
notes and context
The st. documents the number of ships in each fleet at the battle of the Nissan.
[5] þats ‘that’: For this conjunction, see Note to Ill Har 1/1.
readings
- [1] Hætti: ‘Hæitu’ FskAˣ, Hitti Flat, ‘Hrætiz’ H, ‘Huattíz’ Hr
- [1] hersa: ‘hær sa’ FskBˣ, ‘hærr sa’ FskAˣ, hǫlda Flat
- [2] langra: ‘længra’ FskAˣ
- [3] hinns (‘hinn er’): hinn Flat
- [3] með: om. E, við Mork, Flat, H, Hr
- [3] halft: ‘half’ Mork
- [4] fundar: fundi H
- [5] þats (‘þat er’): þar er E, ‘þet er’ FskAˣ
- [5] réð: reið E, ‘reg nam’ Flat
- [6] Hleiðrar: hleiðar E, FskAˣ, Flat
- [7] þangs: ‘þanks’ FskBˣ
- [7] mǫrum: mǫrgum E
- [7] þingat: þangat E, Mork, ‘þengat’ FskAˣ
- [8] þrimr: ‘iij.’ FskBˣ, ‘þrim’ FskAˣ
- [8] sunda: sunnan H, Hr
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) — 560v/14 - 560v/21
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AM 39 fol (39) — 27ra/11 - 27ra/11
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AM 45 fol (F) — 48vb/27 - 48vb/30
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AM 47 fol (E) — 21r/18 - 21r/19
Hætti hersa dróttinn
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hugstrangr, skipa langra
hinns halft beið annat
hundrað Dana fundar.
Næst vas, þar er reið rísta
reiðr atseti hleiðar
þangs láð mǫrgum þangat
þrimr hundruðum sunda. -
AM 38 folx (J2x) — 283r/3 - 283r/10
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OsloUB 371 folx (FskBx) — 74v - 74v
Hætti †hær sa† dróttinn
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hugstrangr, skipa langra
hinns með halft beið annat
hundrað Dana fundar.
Næst vas, þats réð rísta
reiðr atseti Hleiðrar
†þanks† láð mǫrum þingat
†iij.† hundruðum sunda. -
AM 303 4°x (FskAx) — 277/11 - 277/18
†Hæitu hærr sa† dróttinn
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hugstrangr, skipa †længra†
hinns með halft beið annat
hundrað Dana fundar.
Næst vas, †þet er† réð rísta
reiðr atseti hleiðar
þangs láð mǫrum †þengat†
†þrim† hundruðum sunda. -
GKS 1009 fol (Mork) — 12v/53 - 12v/53
Hætti hersa dróttinn
images
hugstrangr, skipa langra
hinns við †half† beið annat
hundrað Dana fundar.
Næst vas, þats réð rísta
reiðr atseti Hleiðrar
þangs láð mǫrum þangat
þrimr hundruðum sunda. -
GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 200rb/44 - 200rb/47
Hitti hǫlda dróttinn
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hugstrangr, skipa langra
hinn við halft beið annat
hundrað Dana fundar.
Næst vas, þats †reg nam† rísta
reiðr atseti hleiðar
þangs láð mǫrum þingat
þrimr hundruðum sunda. -
AM 66 fol (H) — 55v/28 - 55v/28
†Hrætiz† hersa dróttinn
images
hugstrangr, skipa langra
hinns við halft beið annat
hundrað Dana fundi.
Næst vas, þats réð rísta
reiðr atseti Hleiðrar
þangs láð mǫrum þingat
þrimr hundruðum sunnan. -
GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 40vb/11 - 40vb/11
†Huattíz† hersa dróttinn
images
hugstrangr, skipa langra
hinns við halft beið annat
hundrað Dana fundar.
Næst vas, þats réð rísta
reiðr atseti Hleiðrar
þangs láð mǫrum þingat
þrimr hundruðum sunnan. -
AM 51 folx (51x) — 67r/23 - 67r/30
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AM 301 4°x (301x) — 102r/17 - 102r/21
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AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 357r/10 - 357r/17
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