Steinn Óldr 2II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Steinn Herdísarson, Óláfsdrápa 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, pp. 369-70.
text and translation
Ungr vísi, lézt Úsu
allnær búendr falla;
sótti herr, þars hætti
hlíftrauðr konungr lífi.
Þess mun þangatkváma
þengils vesa Englum,
enn sem eptir renni,
iflaust, es þá lifðu.
Ungr vísi, lézt búendr falla allnær Úsu; herr sótti, þars hlíftrauðr konungr hætti lífi. Þangatkváma þess þengils mun iflaust vesa Englum, es þá lifðu, sem enn renni eptir.
‘Young ruler, you caused farmers to fall very close to the River Ouse; the army attacked where the protection-shy king risked his life. The arrival of that lord must undoubtedly appear to the English, who were then left alive, as if they are still being pursued.’
notes and context
As st. 1 above.
[5-8]: The Flat version (so also Skj B; Skald) can be rendered as follows: þangatkváma þengils mun iflaust vesa lengi þeim, es þá lifðu, sem enn renni eptir ‘the arrival of the lord must undoubtedly long appear to those, who were then left alive, as if they are still being pursued’. This version is lower on the stemma and must be secondary (see also the Note to l. 5 below).
readings
- [1] vísi: vísir Hr
- [1] lézt: lét Flat, Hr
- [3] sótti: sóttisk Flat
- [5] Þess: þeim Flat
- [5] ‑kváma: ‑kvmu Hr
- [6] Englum: lengi 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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GKS 1009 fol (Mork) — 18v/45 - 18v/45
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GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 203va/41 - 203va/41
Ungr vísi, lét Úsu
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allnær búendr falla;
sóttisk herr, þars hætti
hlíftrauðr konungr lífi.
þeim mun þangatkváma
þengils vesa lengi,
enn sem eptir renni,
iflaust, es þá lifðu. -
AM 66 fol (H) — 74r - 74r
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GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 52vb/26 - 52vb/26
Ungr vísir, lét Úsu
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allnær búendr falla;
sótti herr, þars hætti
hlíftrauðr konungr lífi.
Þess mun þangat-kvmu
þengils vesa Englum,
enn sem eptir renni,
iflaust, es þá lifðu. -
AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 357v/9 - 357v/16
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