Anon Liðs 9I
Russell Poole (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Liðsmannaflokkr 9’ 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. 1027.
text and translation
Hvern morgin sér horna
Hlǫkk á Tempsar bakka
— skalat Hanga má hungra —
hjalmskóð roðin blóði.
Rýðr eigi sá sveigir
sára lauk í ári,
hinns Grjótvarar gætir,
gunnborðs, fyr Stað norðan.
Hvern morgin sér {Hlǫkk horna} {hjalmskóð} roðin blóði á bakka Tempsar; {má Hanga} skalat hungra. {Sá sveigir {gunnborðs}}, hinns gætir Grjótvarar fyr norðan Stað, rýðr eigi {lauk sára} í ári.
‘Every morning the Hlǫkk <valkyrie> of drinking horns [WOMAN] sees the helmet-destroyers [SWORDS] reddened with blood on the bank of the Thames; the seagull of Hangi <= Óðinn> [RAVEN/EAGLE] must not go hungry. That brandisher of the battle-plank [SHIELD > WARRIOR] who watches over Grjótvǫr [Steinvǫr] to the north of Stad does not redden the leek of wounds [SWORD] in a hurry.’
notes and context
In the Óláfr sagas, as for st. 1; in Knýtl, as for st. 2.
[5-8]: This is the second occurrence of the refrain-like helmingr (see Note to st. 3/5-8), and this stanza also recapitulates other material used earlier in the flokkr. As explained in the Note to st. 3/5-8, Finnur Jónsson in Skj treats st. 9/5-8 as a variant of 3/5-8, and hence prints only ll. 1-4 of st. 9, except that ll. 7-8 are printed in a note to Skj AI, 221.
readings
- [1] Hvern: hver 20dˣ
- [2] Tempsar: ‘Tempár’ 20dˣ
- [3] skalat: skal DG8
- [3] má: ‘mæy’ DG8
- [4] hjalm‑: hræ JÓ, 20dˣ, 873ˣ, 41ˣ
- [4] roðin: lituð 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/41 - 186vb/41
images -
DG 8 (DG8) — 73r/29 - 73r/31
imagesHvern morgin sér horna
Hlǫkk á Tempsar bakka
— skal Hanga †mæy† hungra —
hjalmskóð roðin blóði.
Rýðr eigi sá sveigir
sára lauk í ári,
hinns Grjótvarar gætir,
gunnborðs, fyr Stað norðan.Hværn morgom | ser horna, loc atæmpsar bakca, skal hanga mæy hungra, hilam skoð | roðenn bloðe, ryðr æigi sa svæigir, sara lauk i are, hinn er griot varrar | giæter, gunnborz fyr stað norðan.
(DW)
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Jón Ólafsson 1741 (JÓ) — 24 - 24
Hvern morgin sér horna
images
Hlǫkk á Tempsar bakka
— skalat Hanga má hungra —
hræskóð lituð blóði.
Rýðr eigi sá sveigir
sára lauk í ári,
hinns Grjótvarar gætir,
gunnborðs, fyr Stað norðan. -
AM 20 d folx (20dx) — 9v/10 - 9v/10
hver morgin sér horna
images
Hlǫkk á †Tempár† bakka
— skalat Hanga má hungra —
hræskóð lituð blóði.
Rýðr eigi sá sveigir
sára lauk í ári,
hinns Grjótvarar gætir,
gunnborðs, fyr Stað norðan. -
NKS 873 4°x (873x) — 11v/1 - 11v/4
Hvern morgin sér horna
images
Hlǫkk á Tempsar bakka
— skalat Hanga má hungra —
hræskóð lituð blóði.
Rýðr eigi sá sveigir
sára lauk í ári,
hinns Grjótvarar gætir,
gunnborðs, fyr Stað norðan. -
Holm papp 41 4°x (41x) — 9r/2 - 9r/5 [1-4]
Hvern morgin sér horna
Hlǫkk á Tempsar bakka
— skalat Hanga má hungra —
hræskóð lituð blóði.
Rýðr eigi sá sveigir
sára lauk í ári,
hinns Grjótvarar gætir,
gunnborðs, fyr Stað norðan.
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte om historiske personer og begivenheder [XI], [2]. Liðsmannaflokkr 6: AI, 423 (ll. 1-4), 221 (ll. 5-8), BI, 392 (ll. 1-4), 211 (ll. 5-8), Skald I, 194 (ll. 1-4), 110 (ll. 5-8), NN §1992; Flat 1860-8, III, 238, ÓH 1941, II, 684; ÓHLeg 1922, 11, ÓHLeg 1982, 52-3; Knýtl 1919-25, 46, ÍF 35, 116 (ch. 14).
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