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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Stúfr Stúfdr 7II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Stúfr inn blindi Þórðarson kattar, Stúfsdrápa 7’ 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. 356-7.

Stúfr inn blindi Þórðarson kattarStúfsdrápa
678

text and translation

Tíreggjaðr hjó tyggi
tveim hǫndum lið beima;
reifr gekk herr und hlífar
hizig suðr fyr Nizi.

Tíreggjaðr tyggi hjó lið beima tveim hǫndum; reifr herr gekk und hlífar hizig suðr fyr Nizi.
 
‘The fame-spurred ruler cut down the troop of warriors with both hands; the cheerful army advanced beneath shields there south of the Nissan.

notes and context

Tyggi is given in Skm as a heiti for ‘nobleman, king, jarl’.

Because B is difficult to read, AM 744 4°ˣ (744ˣ), an early C18th copy of B by Jón Ólafsson, has also been used selectively. — The helmingr commemorates the battle of the river Nissan (Niz) between Haraldr and Sveinn Úlfsson (9 August 1062). See also Arn Hardr 2-4, ÞjóðA Sex 13-18, Steinn Nizv and Steinn Úlffl.

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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.

editions and texts

Skj: Stúfr enn blindi Þórðarson kattar, Stúfsdrápa, Stúfa 7: AI, 405, BI, 374, Skald 186; SnE 1848-87, I, 520-1, II, 342-3, 461, 540, 606, SnE 1931, 182, SnE 1998, I, 102.

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