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Sturl Hákkv 9II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 9’ 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. 706.

Sturla ÞórðarsonHákonarkviða
8910

text and translation

Þat er skröklaust,
at Skúli var
frægðarmaðr
í frömu lífi,
þótt hvarbrigð
á hann sneri
aldar gipt
auðnu hvéli,
þá er ofrausn
öfgu heilli
randa rjóðr
reisa knátti,
ok ólágt
jöfra bági
öðlings nafn
á Eyrum tók.

Þat er skröklaust, at Skúli var frægðarmaðr í frömu lífi, þótt hvarbrigð gipt aldar sneri hvéli auðnu á hann, þá er {rjóðr randa} knátti reisa ofrausn öfgu heilli, ok bági jöfra tók ólágt nafn öðlings á Eyrum.
 
‘It is not a lie that Skúli was a famous man in his outstanding life, although the fickle luck of mankind turned the wheel of fortune on him, when the reddener of shield-rims [WARRIOR = Skúli] raised an excess of heroism with adverse luck, and the enemy of princes [= Skúli] took the not insignificant title of king at Øra.

notes and context

On 6 November 1239, Skúli Bárðarson proclaimed himself king of Norway at Øretinget in Trondheim.

See also Ólhv Hryn 6-7. — [14]: The l. recalls Eyv Hál 3/2I.

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Skj: Sturla Þórðarson, 4. Hákonarkviða 10-11: AII, 111, BII, 120, Skald II, 64; E 1916, 578, F 1871, 495, Hák 1910-86, 509, Hák 1977-82, 104, Flat 1860-8, III, 125.

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