Anon Liðs 8I
Russell Poole (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Liðsmannaflokkr 8’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1025.
text and translation
Út mun ekkja líta
— opt glóa vôpn á lopti
of hjalmtǫmum hilmi —
hrein, sús býr í steini,
hvé sigrfíkinn sœkir
snarla borgar karla
— dynr á brezkum brynjum
blóðíss — Dana vísi.
Hrein ekkja, sús býr í steini, mun líta út — vôpn glóa opt á lopti of hjalmtǫmum hilmi —, hvé {sigrfíkinn vísi Dana} sœkir snarla karla borgar; {blóðíss} dynr á brezkum brynjum.
‘The chaste widow who lives in stone will look out — weapons often glint in the air above the helmet-wearing ruler —, [seeing] how the victory-avid leader of the Danes [DANISH KING = Knútr] attacks sharply the men of the city; the blood-ice [SWORD] clangs against British mail-shirts.’
notes and context
In the Óláfr sagas, as for st. 1. In Knýtl, King Knútr attacks London with his whole army, but the garrison defends it.
In Knýtl, sts 9/1-4 and 8/5-8 form a single stanza, which is introduced, Svá segir í flokki þeim, er þá var ortr af liðsmǫnnum ‘So it says in the flokkr which was composed then by the household troops’.
readings
- [1] ekkja: ekkjan Flat, DG8
- [2] vôpn: járn DG8
- [5] sœkir: om. DG8
- [7] brezkum brynjum: brezkar brynjur JÓ, 20dˣ, 873ˣ, 41ˣ
sources
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
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GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 186vb/39 - 186vb/39
Út mun ekkjan líta
images
— opt glóa vôpn á lopti
of hjalmtǫmum hilmi —
hrein, sús býr í steini,
hvé sigrfíkinn sœkir
snarla borgar karla
— dynr á brezkum brynjum
blóðíss — Dana vísi. -
DG 8 (DG8) — 73r/27 - 73r/29
imagesÚt mun ekkjan líta
— opt glóa járn á lopti
of hjalmtǫmum hilmi —
hrein, sús býr í steini,
hvé sigrfíkinn
snarla borgar karla
— dynr á brezkum brynjum
blóðíss — Dana vísi.Vt man ækkian lita, opt gloa iarn alopte, um | hialm tamum hilmi, ræin su er byr i stæíní, hue sigr fikinn, snarla bor | gar karla, dynr abræzkom brynium, bloð isdana visi.
(DW)
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Jón Ólafsson 1741 (JÓ) — 24/5 - 24/8
Út mun ekkja líta
images
— opt glóa vôpn á lopti
of hjalmtǫmum hilmi —
hrein, sús býr í steini,
hvé sigrfíkinn sœkir
snarla borgar karla
— dynr á brezkar brynjur
blóðíss — Dana vísi. -
AM 20 d folx (20dx) — 9v/14 - 9v/17
Út mun ekkja líta
images
— opt glóa vôpn á lopti
of hjalmtǫmum hilmi —
hrein, sús býr í steini,
hvé sigrfíkinn sœkir
snarla borgar karla
— dynr á brezkar brynjur
blóðíss — Dana vísi. -
NKS 873 4°x (873x) — 11v/5 - 11v/8
Út mun ekkja líta
images
— opt glóa vôpn á lopti
of hjalmtǫmum hilmi —
hrein, sús býr í steini,
hvé sigrfíkinn sœkir
snarla borgar karla
— dynr á brezkar brynjur
blóðíss — Dana vísi. -
Holm papp 41 4°x (41x) — 9r/6 - 9r/9 [5-8]
Út mun ekkja líta
— opt glóa vôpn á lopti
of hjalmtǫmum hilmi —
hrein, sús býr í steini,
hvé sigrfíkinn sœkir
snarla borgar karla
— dynr á brezkar brynjur
blóðíss — Dana vísi.
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