Sturl Hákkv 8II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 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, p. 705.
Svalg hvert hús
heitum munni
viðar hundr
Verma bygðar,
ok svipkárr
selju rakki
of garðshlið
grenjandi fór.
{Hundr viðar} svalg hvert hús bygðar Verma heitum munni, ok {svipkárr rakki selju} fór grenjandi of garðshlið.
{The hound of the forest} [FIRE] swallowed every house of the settlement of the Vermir with its hot mouth, and {the violent dog of the willow} [FIRE] ran howling through the yard-gate.
Mss: E(155v), F(96vb), 42ˣ(117v), 81a(85b), Flat(170vb) (Hák)
Readings: [1] hús: so all others, haust E [3] hundr: lundr F [4] bygðar: bygðir 81a [5] ‑kárr: ‘gár’ F, ‘‑garr’ 42ˣ, ‘‑gar’ 81a, ‘garr’ Flat [7] garðs‑: garð‑ 42ˣ
Editions: Skj AII, 110-11, Skj BII, 120, Skald II, 64; E 1916, 529, F 1871, 448, Hák 1910-86, 405, Flat 1860-8, III, 69.
Context: As st. 7 above.
Notes: [All]: Sturla appears to have had a fascination with fire. He uses similar vivid imagery of wolves or dogs devouring buildings and houses in Hryn 10-11, which describe Hákon and his troops harrying in Halland in 1256. See also st. 7 above. — [5] svipkárr ‘violent’: Lit. ‘violent in its motion’. Hap. leg. The first element of this cpd, svip-, means ‘quick, sudden motion’ and the last element, -kárr, is also attested in the adj. afkárr ‘difficult, garrulous, violent’.
References
- Bibliography
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- 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.
- F 1871 = Unger, C. R., ed. 1871. Fríssbók: Codex Frisianus. En samling af norske konge-sagaer. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
- E 1916 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1916. Eirspennill: AM 47 fol. Nóregs konunga sǫgur: Magnús góði – Hákon gamli. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske historiske kildeskriftskommission.
- 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.
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