Þfagr Sveinn 4II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þorleikr fagri, Flokkr about Sveinn Úlfsson 4’ 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. 316.
text and translation
Fjǫrs man flestum hersi
fengsæll Dana þengill
— reiðr hefr hann fyr hauðri
hábrynjuð skip — synja,
ef húnferils hreina
hlunntamðra rekr sunnan
við Hǫrða gram harðan
hundruð sex til fundar.
{Fengsæll þengill Dana} man synja flestum hersi fjǫrs—reiðr hefr hann hábrynjuð skip fyr hauðri—, ef rekr {sex hundruð hlunntamðra hreina {húnferils}} sunnan til fundar við {harðan gram Hǫrða}.
‘The booty-blessed lord of the Danes [DANISH KING = Sveinn] may deny life to most hersar—enraged, he has armoured ships before the land—, if he steers six hundred roller-tamed reindeer of the mast-top track [SEA > SHIPS] from the south to the encounter with the harsh ruler of the Hǫrðar [NORWEGIAN KING = Haraldr].’
notes and context
As sts 2-3 above.
[4]: The l. echoes Steinn Óldr 13/4. The FskAˣ variant hafbrim viðr skip symja ‘sea-breakers drift against the ship[s]’ is clearly secondary.
readings
- [2] feng‑: so 51ˣ, FskAˣ, fengs FskBˣ
- [4] hábrynjuð skip synja: hafbrim viðr skip symja FskAˣ
- [5] ef: so 51ˣ, FskAˣ, er FskBˣ
- [6] ‑tamðra: so FskAˣ, tamða FskBˣ, 51ˣ
- [8] hundruð: so 51ˣ, hundrað FskBˣ, FskAˣ
- [8] sex: sax FskAˣ
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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OsloUB 371 folx (FskBx) — 71r - 71r
Fjǫrs man flestum hersi
images
fengssæll Dana þengill
— reiðr hefr hann fyr hauðri
hábrynjuð skip — synja,
er húnferils hreina
hlunntamða rekr sunnan
við Hǫrða gram harðan
hundrað sex til fundar. -
AM 51 folx (51x) — 63v/34 - 64r/34
Fjǫrs man flestum hersi
images
fengsæll Dana þengill
— reiðr hefr hann fyr hauðri
hábrynjuð skip — synja,
ef húnferils hreina
hlunntamða rekr sunnan
við Hǫrða gram harðan
hundruð sex til fundar. -
AM 303 4°x (FskAx) — 265/2 - 265/9
Fjǫrs man flestum hersi
images
fengsæll Dana þengill
— reiðr hefr hann fyr hauðri
hafbrim viðr skip symja — ,
ef húnferils hreina
hlunntamðra rekr sunnan
við Hǫrða gram harðan
hundrað sax til fundar. -
AM 301 4°x (301x) — 97v/22 - 98r/3
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