Steinn Óldr 8II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Steinn Herdísarson, Óláfsdrápa 8’ 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. 374-5.
text and translation
Ǫll biðr Egða stillir
eggdjarfra lið seggja
sund fyr sínu landi
sóknǫrr stika dǫrrum.
Jǫrð mun eigi verða
auðsótt Fila dróttins
sǫngherðǫndum sverða.
Sik beztan gram miklu.
{Sóknǫrr stillir Egða} biðr lið eggdjarfra seggja stika ǫll sund fyr landi sínu dǫrrum; jǫrð {dróttins Fila} mun eigi verða auðsótt {{sverða sǫng}herðǫndum}. …Sik miklu beztan gram….
‘The battle-generous ruler of the Egðir [NORWEGIAN KING = Óláfr] bids the band of edge-fierce warriors barricade all inlets along his country with spears; the land of the lord of the Filir [NORWEGIAN KING = Óláfr] will not be easy to conquer for the strengtheners of swords’ song [(lit. ‘swords’ song-strengtheners’) BATTLE > WARRIORS]. …Himself [to be] the very best ruler….’
notes and context
In Mork and Fsk this st. is the third (Fsk) or fourth (Mork) in a sequence which describes the naval mobilisation by Óláfr in response to a declaration of war by Sveinn Úlfsson of Denmark. In H-Hr it is the first st. in that sequence.
[8]: For this l. of the split refrain (klofastef), see the Note to st. 1/8.
readings
- [1] Egða: so FskBˣ, FskAˣ, Engla Mork, H, Hr
- [2] eggdjarfra lið seggja: eggdjarfra lið seggi Hr, ‘æggdiarfr frama sæghi’ FskAˣ
- [4] stika: stikka Hr, skipa FskBˣ
- [5] verða: varða FskAˣ
- [6] Fila: fira FskAˣ
- [7] sǫngherðǫndum: so FskBˣ, sóknherðir veit Mork, H, sóknherðir mun Hr, ‘sonhærðendum’ FskAˣ
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) — 20r/42 - 20r/42
Ǫll biðr Engla stillir
images
eggdjarfra lið seggja
sund fyr sínu landi
sóknǫrr stika dǫrrum.
Jǫrð mun eigi verða
auðsótt Fila dróttins
sóknherðir veit sverða.
Sik beztan gram miklu. -
AM 66 fol (H) — 78v - 78v
Ǫll biðr Engla stillir
images
eggdjarfra lið seggja
sund fyr sínu landi
sóknǫrr stika dǫrrum.
Jǫrð mun eigi verða
auðsótt Fila dróttins
sóknherðir veit sverða.
Sik beztan gram miklu. -
GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 55va/16 - 55va/16
Ǫll biðr Engla stillir
images
eggdjarfra lið seggi
sund fyr sínu landi
sóknǫrr stikka dǫrrum.
Jǫrð mun eigi verða
auðsótt Fila dróttins
sóknherðir mun sverða.
Sik beztan gram miklu. -
OsloUB 371 folx (FskBx) — 81r - 81v
Ǫll biðr Egða stillir
images
eggdjarfra lið seggja
sund fyr sínu landi
sóknǫrr skipa dǫrrum.
Jǫrð mun eigi verða
auðsótt Fila dróttins
sǫngherðǫndum sverða.
Sik beztan gram miklu. -
AM 303 4°x (FskAx) — 321/14 - 321/21
Ǫll biðr Egða stillir
images
†æggdiarfr frama sæghi†
sund fyr sínu landi
sóknǫrr stika dǫrrum.
Jǫrð mun eigi varða
auðsótt fira dróttins
†sonhærðendum† sverða.
Sik beztan gram miklu. -
AM 51 folx (51x) — 71v/27 - 71v/27
images -
AM 301 4°x (301x) — 118v/21 - 119r/2
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AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 358r/21 - 358v/2
images
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