Sturl Hryn 7II
Valgerður Erna Þorvaldsdóttir (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hrynhenda 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, p. 684.
Allvaldr, rétt, því er ýtar heldu
ógnarbráðs at fylkis láði;
prúðar náðu sveitir síðan
sóknarstrangs á land at ganga.
Stórar (létu Halland herjat
hirðmenn þínir) frelsi sínu
víða týndu virða kindir
(vægðarlaust fyrir Geitkjörr austan).
Allvaldr, rétt, því er ýtar heldu at láði ógnarbráðs fylkis; prúðar sveitir sóknarstrangs náðu síðan at ganga á land. Stórar kindir virða týndu frelsi sínu víða; hirðmenn þínir létu herjat Halland vægðarlaust fyrir austan Geitkjörr.
Mighty ruler, you caused the men to go to the land of the battle-swift leader; the brave troops of the war-fierce one then went ashore. Great sons of men lost their freedom far and wide; your retainers raided Halland without mercy east of Geitkjörr.
Mss: F(117vb), E(189v), 81a(118rb), 304ˣ(347r), Flat(182va) (Hák)
Readings: [1] er: ‘eð’ 81a, at 304ˣ [2] ‑bráðs: bráðr 304ˣ; láði: ráði 81a, 304ˣ [3] náðu: so all others, réðu F; síðan: sínar E [5] Stórar: stórir 304ˣ; Halland: so E, 304ˣ, Flat, Hallands F, Hallönd 81a; herjat: so E, 304ˣ, Flat, herjar F, herja 81a [6] sínu: sína 304ˣ [7] týndu: týndi 304ˣ; kindir: ‘kyndar’ 304ˣ [8] ‑kjörr: ‘‑ker’ 81a, ‘‑kiǫr’ 304ˣ
Editions: Skj AII, 103-4, Skj BII, 115, Skald II, 61, NN §1349; F 1871, 550, E 1916, 646, Hák 1910-86, 647, Hák 1977-82, 163, Flat 1860-8, III, 192.
Context: King Hákon’s troops disembark and invade Halland.
Notes: [3, 4] náðu ... at ganga ‘went’: Lit. ‘were able to go’ (so E, 81a, 304ˣ, Flat). The F variant, réðu … at ganga ‘went’ (lit. ‘did go’) is also possible, but the other ms. witnesses show that it is secondary. — [4] sóknarstrangs (adj. m. gen. sg.) ‘of the war-fierce one’: Konráð Gíslason (1895-7, I, 73) thought this was an example of what Ólafr hvítaskáld Þórðarson (Ólhv) called Eclipsis in his Málskrúðsfræði. Sóknarstrangr functions as a substantivised adj. Similar use can be found in Steinn Óldr 7/2. — [5] stórar (f. nom. pl.) ‘great’: This adj. can only qualify kindir (f. nom. pl.) ‘sons’ (l. 7) (so also Skj B). Kock (Skald; NN §1349) adopted stórir (m. nom. pl.; so 304ˣ) and construed it with hirðmenn (m. nom. pl.) ‘retainers’ (l. 6). That reading simplifies the syntax considerably, but it is not warranted by the other ms. witnesses. — [8] Geitkjörr: This p. n. in Halland has not been identified, but it could be Kärra, north of Varberg.
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 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 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.
- Konráð Gíslason. 1895-7. Efterladte skrifter. 2 vols. I: Forelæsninger over oldnordiske skjaldekvad. II: Forelæsninger og videnskablige afhandlinger. Copenhagen: Gyldendal.
- 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.
- Internal references
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Steinn Herdísarson, Óláfsdrápa 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. 373-4.
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