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Sturl Hákfl 8II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarflokkr 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. 752-3.

Sturla ÞórðarsonHákonarflokkr
789

Rán galt randa týnir
rógstríðr Dönum síðan;
fyst kom fúra lestir
fleyvangs til Ekreyja.
Öld hét gnógu gjaldi
gullstríði þá síðan;
lönd tók lofðungr Þrænda
liðbáls at veðmála.

Síðan galt {rógstríðr týnir randa} Dönum rán; fyst kom {lestir {fúra {fleyvangs}}} til Ekreyja. Öld hét þá síðan {gullstríði} gnógu gjaldi; {lofðungr Þrænda} tók lönd at veðmála {liðbáls}.

Thereafter {the strife-harsh destroyer of shield-rims} [WARRIOR] repaid the Danes for plunder; first {the damager {of the fires {of the ship-field}}} [SEA > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] came to Öckerö. People then later promised {the gold-tormentor} [GENEROUS MAN] abundant payment; {the lord of the Þrændir} [NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon] accepted lands as security {for the limb-pyre} [GOLD].

Mss: E(188r), F(117ra), 81a(117rb), 8(67r), Flat(182ra-b) (Hák)

Readings: [2] ‑stríðr: ‑stríðs F, 81a;    síðan: so all others, síðarr E    [3] kom: koma Flat;    fúra: fúru 81a    [4] fley‑: so all others, frey‑ E;    Ekr‑: eikr 81a, 8    [5] Öld: öll Flat;    gnógu: nógu 81a    [7] lofðungr: ‘lofung’ 81a    [8] ‑mála: so F, ‑máli all others

Editions: Skj AII, 126-7, Skj BII, 133-4, Skald II, 72; E 1916, 641, F 1871, 546, Hák 1910-86, 638, Hák 1977-82, 159, Flat 1860-8, III, 188.

Context: In June 1253, Hákon sailed with a large following to Öckerö on his way to meet with Jarl Birgir Magnússon and other Swed. magnates. Present were also Dan. envoys sent by King Kristófór Valdimarsson in an attempt to forge a treaty with the Norwegians. The Danes agreed to Hákon’s terms and, pledging Halland as security, they promised to pay restitution for Dan. plundering of Norw. merchants.

Notes: [All]: For Hákon’s mission to Sweden, see also Sturl Hryn 3-4. — [1] rán ‘plunder’: Refers to Norw. merchants trading with Lübeck who had been detained repeatedly and plundered by the Danes. — [3] fyst ‘first’: For this assimilated form (earlier fyrst), see Note to Sturl Hrafn 6/1. — [4] Ekreyja ‘Öckerö’: Lit. pl. Island outside Göteborg, present-day south-western Sweden, at the mouth of the Götaälv. — [8] veðmála (m. dat. sg.) ‘as security’: So F. Veðmáli (so all others) is ungrammatical because this is nom. sg. of a weak m. noun in ON.

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 1977-82 = Mundt, Marina, ed. 1977. Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar etter Sth. 8 fol., AM 325VIII, 4° og AM 304, 4°. Oslo: Forlagsentralen. Suppl. by James E. Knirk, Rettelser til Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar etter Sth. 8 fol., AM 325VIII, 4° og AM 304, 4°. Norrøne tekster 2. Oslo: Norsk historisk kjeldeskrift-institutt, 1982.
  7. 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.
  8. Internal references
  9. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hrafnsmál 6’ 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. 732-3.
  10. Valgerður Erna Þorvaldsdóttir (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hrynhenda 3’ 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. 679-80.
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