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ÞjóðA Run 2II

Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Runhent poem about Haraldr 2’ 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, pp. 105-6.

Þjóðólfr ArnórssonRunhent poem about Haraldr
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text and translation

Eykr Ôleifs feðr
Járnsǫxu veðr
harðræði hvert,
svát hróðrs es vert.

{Veðr Járnsǫxu} eykr hvert harðræði {feðr Ôleifs}, svát hróðrs es vert.
 
‘His gale of Járnsaxa <giantess> [MIND] increases every tough exploit for Óláfr’s father [= Haraldr], so that it is worthy of praise poetry.

notes and context

The st. is cited within a discussion of kennings and terms for rulers and their men.

The introductory words in SnE specify origins in a poem about Haraldr: En Þjóðólfr kvað svá um Harald ‘And Þjóðólfr spoke thus about Haraldr’.

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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: Þjóðolfr Arnórsson, 2. Runhent digt om Harald hårdråde 2: AI, 368, BI, 338, Skald I, 171, NN §3229; SnE 1848-87, I, 462-3, II, 338, SnE 1931, 163, SnE 1998, I, 82, 205-6.

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