Þjóð Yt 17^I

Edith Marold (ed.) 2012, ‘Þjóðólfr ór Hvini, Ynglingatal 17’ 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. 38.

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notes and context

Eysteinn, son and successor of Aðils, is enjoying hospitality in Lófund when Sǫlvi, a raider king based in Jutland, sets fire to the building by night, killing Eysteinn and his company. After an eleven-day battle, Sǫlvi gains power in Sweden.

[1-4]: Various syntactic interpretations are possible here, since the alternative readings, m. nom./acc. sg. lokinn (J1ˣ, J2ˣ, R685ˣ) or m./n. gen. sg. lokins (K transcripts, F) ‘concluded’ allow for the following combinations: lokinn with enda ‘end’, lokins with enda, lífs ‘life’ or Eysteins. (a) The interpretation adopted in this edn, as in many previous eds, chooses the reading lokins and construes lokins as a p. p. with lífs, hence ‘of the concluded life’. This results in a construal which connects l. 1 with l. 3 and l. 2 with l. 4, which is characteristic of Þjóðolfr’s composition. (b) Thinking lokins lífs cannot mean ‘of the concluded life’ because lúka governs the dat., Olson (1915, 222) translates lokins lífs as ‘shut in alive’ and thinks it a reference to the king’s burning alive in the brenna. Noreen (Yt 1925) and Lindquist (1929, 67) concur, though Noreen employs the reading lokinn. Kock (NN §2003) rightly objects to Olson’s premise, noting that the case governed by a verb (here the dat.) is irrelevant to the form of the participle.

readings

• [2] folginn: folgin F, ‘fal ginn’ R685ˣ
• [3] lokins: lokinn J1ˣ, J2ˣ, R685ˣ
• [4] Lófundi: lofðungi 521ˣ, F, Lófundr J1ˣ, R685ˣ
• [5] Ok: at F
• [10] brandnói: ‘brandvni’ F
• [10] brand‑: ‘brayd‑’ R685ˣ
• [14] nǫkkvi: so 521ˣ, F, J2ˣ, 761aˣ, corrected from ‘neq’ Kˣ, ‘nockiu’ J1ˣ, ‘notkin’ R685ˣ
• [15] fullr: so F, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, R685ˣ, 761aˣ, ‘fullþ’ Kˣ, papp18ˣ, 521ˣ
• [16] fylki: corrected from fiski J2ˣ

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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.

• AM 35 folx (Kx) — 32r/7 - 32r/14

  Veitk Eysteins
  enda folginn
  lokins lífs
  á Lófundi.
  Ok sikling
  með Svíum kvôðu
  józka menn
  inni brenna.
  Ok bitsótt
  í brandnói
  hlíðar þangs
  á hilmi rann,
  þás timbrfastr
  toptar
  flotna †fullþ†
  of fylki brann.

  Veit æc Eysteins | enda folginn | lokins lifs | a lofunde. | oc sicling | med svium qvaþo | jotzca menn | iɴi breɴa. | oc bit sott | i brand nóe | hliþar þangs | a hilme raɴ. | þa er timbr fastr | tóptar necj necqvi | flotna fullþr | um fylke braɴ. |

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• Holm papp 18 folx (papp18x) — 8v/19 - 8v/22

  Veitk Eysteins
  enda folginn
  lokins lífs
  á Lófundi.
  Ok sikling
  með Svíum kvôðu
  józka menn
  inni brenna.
  Ok bitsótt
  í brandnói
  hlíðar þangs
  á hilmi rann,
  þás timbrfastr
  toptar nǫkkvi
  flotna †fullþ†
  of fylki brann.

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• OsloUB 521 folx (521x) — 37/19 - 38/4

  Veitk Eysteins
  enda folginn
  lokins lífs
  á lofðungi.
  Ok sikling
  með Svíum kvôðu
  józka menn
  inni brenna.
  Ok bitsótt
  í brandnói
  hlíðar þangs
  á hilmi rann,
  þás timbrfastr
  toptar nǫkkvi
  flotna †fullþ†
  of fylki brann.

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• AM 45 fol (F) — 5va/17 - 5va/19

  Veitk Eysteins
  enda folgin
  lokins lífs
  á lofðungi.
  at sikling
  með Svíum kvôðu
  józka menn
  inni brenna.
  Ok bitsótt
  í †brandvni†
  hlíðar þangs
  á hilmi rann,
  þás timbrfastr
  toptar nǫkkvi
  flotna fullr
  of fylki brann.

  Veít ek eysteíns en | da folgin lokíns lífs a lofðunngi. at sikling med svivm kváðo | iotzka menn íɴí breɴa. ok bit sótt i branduní hliþar þangs a hil | mí raɴ∙ þa er timbrfastr toptar nokkví flotna fullr of fyl | ki braɴ∙

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• AM 37 folx (J1x) — 14r/3 - 14r/5

  Veitk Eysteins
  enda folginn
  lokinn lífs
  á Lófundr.
  Ok sikling
  með Svíum kvôðu
  józka menn
  inni brenna.
  Ok bitsótt
  í brandnói
  hlíðar þangs
  á hilmi rann,
  þás timbrfastr
  toptar †nockiu†
  flotna fullr
  of fylki brann.

  Veitt |ek eysteins enda folgiηn lokiηn lifs alofundr ok | sikling með suium kuoðo iotzka menn inne brenna | ok bit sott i braη dno i hliðar þangs a hilmirann∙ þa | er timbrfastr toptar nockiu flotna fullr of fylki | branη

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• AM 38 folx (J2x) — 17v/16 - 17v/31

  Veitk Eysteins
  enda folginn
  lokinn lífs
  á Lófundi.
  Ok sikling
  með Svíum kvôðu
  józka menn
  inni brenna.
  Ok bitsótt
  í brandnói
  hlíðar þangs
  á hilmi rann,
  þás timbrfastr
  toptar nǫkkvi
  flotna fullr
  of brann.

  Veit ec Eysteins | enda folginn | lokinn lifs | alofunde | oc sikling | með Sviom kvoðu | jotzka menn | inne brenna | Oc bit sott | i brand noi | hliþar þangs | a hilmi rann | þa er timbrfastr | toptar nockvi | flotna fullr | of fiski brann |

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• UppsUB R 685x (R685x) — 17r/28 - 17v/1

  Veitk Eysteins
  enda †fal ginn†
  lokinn lífs
  á Lófundr.
  Ok sikling
  með Svíum kvôðu
  józka menn
  inni brenna.
  Ok bitsótt
  í †brayd-†nói
  hlíðar þangs
  á hilmi rann,
  þás timbrfastr
  toptar †notkin†
  flotna fullr
  of fylki brann.

  Weit ek Eysteins end(a) fal ginn lokinn(s) lifs alofundr oc sikling med | suiumkuodo iotzka menn inne brenna ok bit sott i bra(y)d *brand noi hlidar þangs a | hilmiran | hilmirann þa er timbrfastr toptar nótkin flotna fullr of fylki brann. |

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• AM 761 a 4°x (761ax) — 60r/18 - 60v/12

  Veitk Eysteins
  enda folginn
  lokins lífs
  á Lófundi.
  Ok sikling
  með Svíum kvôðu
  józka menn
  inni brenna.
  Ok bitsótt
  í brandnói
  hlíðar þangs
  á hilmi rann,
  þás timbrfastr
  toptar nǫkkvi
  flotna fullr
  of fylki brann.

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