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Sturl Hákkv 29II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 29’ 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. 721.

Sturla ÞórðarsonHákonarkviða
282930

Skaut vínfars
vísa mönnum
á gómsker
gyltu borði,
hilmis hirð
en hunangsbára
í geðknörr
glymjandi fell.

Skaut gyltu borði {vínfars} á {gómsker} mönnum vísa, en {hunangsbára} fell glymjandi í {geðknörr} hirð hilmis.

The gilded rim {of the wine-vessel} [CUP] thrust against {the gum-skerries} [TEETH] of the leader’s men, and {the honey-wave} [MEAD] fell foaming into {the mind-ship} [BREAST] of the ruler’s retinue.

Mss: E(182v-183r), F(114rb), 81a(113vb), Flat(180va) (Hák)

Readings: [1] Skaut: so all others, ‘Skaú’ E;    vín‑: so Flat, vist‑ all others    [3] ‑sker: ‑skers Flat    [4] gyltu: gyldu Flat    [6] en: om. Flat    [8] glymjandi: so F, Flat, glymjanda E, om. 81a

Editions: Skj AII, 117, Skj BII, 124, Skald II, 67; E 1916, 623, F 1871, 531, Hák 1910-86, 600, Flat 1860-8, III, 171.

Context: As st. 28 above.

Notes: [1] skaut ‘thrust’: Used impersonally with gyltu borði vínfars ‘the gilded rim of the wine-vessel’ i.e. ‘cup’ (ll. 1, 4) as the dat. object. — [1] vínfars ‘of the wine-vessel [CUP]’: So Flat. Vistfars ‘of the food-vessel’ i.e. ‘of the plate’ (so E, F, 81a) makes little sense in the context. — [3] gómsker ‘the gum-skerries’: For a similar kenning, see VSt Erf 1/3III. — [8] glymjandi (f. nom. sg.) ‘foaming’: So F, Flat. Glymjanda (so E) is ungrammatical (n. or m. sg. oblique, and the pres. part. qualifies -bára f. nom. sg. ‘-wave’).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
  3. Flat 1860-8 = Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and C. R. Unger, eds. 1860-8. Flateyjarbók. En samling af norske konge-sagaer med indskudte mindre fortællinger om begivenheder i og udenfor Norge samt annaler. 3 vols. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
  4. F 1871 = Unger, C. R., ed. 1871. Fríssbók: Codex Frisianus. En samling af norske konge-sagaer. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
  5. E 1916 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1916. Eirspennill: AM 47 fol. Nóregs konunga sǫgur: Magnús góði – Hákon gamli. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske historiske kildeskriftskommission.
  6. Hák 1910-86 = Kjær, Albert and Ludvig Holm-Olsen, eds. 1910-86. Det Arnamagnæanske haandskrift 81a fol. (Skálholtsbók yngsta) indeholdende Sverris saga, Bǫglungasǫgur, Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar. Oslo: Den norske historiske kildeskriftkommission and Kjeldeskriftfondet.
  7. Internal references
  8. Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Vǫlu-Steinn, Ǫgmundardrápa 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 428.
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