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Þfagr Frag 2III

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Þorleikr fagri, Fragments 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 485.

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introduction

This half-stanza (Þfagr Frag 2) is preserved in mss R (main ms.), , U, W, A, B and C of SnE (Skm), and it is also transmitted in LaufE (mss 2368ˣ, 743ˣ). The name of the poet is given variously as Þorleikr fagri (W, A, B, 2368ˣ, 743ˣ) or Þorleifr fagri (R, , U, C).

text and translation

Kastar gramr á glæstar
gegn valstǫðvar þegnum
— ungr vísi gefr eisu
armleggs — digulfarmi.

Gegn gramr kastar {digulfarmi} á {glæstar valstǫðvar} þegnum; ungr vísi gefr {eisu armleggs}.
 
‘The righteous ruler throws crucible-cargo [SILVER] onto the decorated falcon-perches [ARMS] of his men; the young leader gives fire of the upper arm [GOLD].

notes and context

Eisu armleggs ‘fire of the upper arm’ and digulfarmr ‘crucible-cargo’ are given in Skm and LaufE among the kennings for ‘gold’ and ‘silver’, respectively.

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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.

editions and texts

Skj: Þórleikr fagri, En flokk om Sven Ulfssön 12: AI, 399, BI, 368, Skald I, 184; SnE 1848-87, I, 404-5, II, 322, 433, 517, 582, III, 69, SnE 1931, 144, SnE 1998, I, 61; LaufE 1979, 347.

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