ÞjóðA Sex 11II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Sexstefja 11’ 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. 123-4.
text and translation
Gegn skyli herr, sem hugnar,
hjaldrvitjaðar sitja,
dolgstœranda dýrum,
dróttinvandr ok standa.
Lýtr folkstara feiti
(fátt es til, nema játta
þat, sem þá vill gotnum)
þjóð ǫll (konungr bjóða).
Gegn herr {hjaldrvitjaðar} skyli sitja ok standa dróttinvandr, sem hugnar {dýrum dolgstœranda}. Ǫll þjóð lýtr {feiti {folkstara}}; fátt es til, nema játta þat, sem konungr vill þá bjóða gotnum.
‘The worthy troop of the battle-frequenter [WARRIOR] must sit and stand lord-loyal, as it pleases the excellent war-sweller [WARRIOR]. The whole people bends to the fattener of the war-starling [RAVEN > WARRIOR]; there is little option except to agree to what the king wants to command men at the time.’
notes and context
The context in HÍ, which may be the most original source (Fidjestøl 1982, 136), cites the st. as printed above immediately before narrating Haraldr’s assassination of Einarr þambarskelfir ‘Paunch-shaker’ (?), underlining the king’s addiction to power, and Hkr similarly cites it at a pause in the narrative about Einarr. Fsk, Mork and Flat preserve ll. 5-8, the stef ‘refrain’ after st. 22/5-8 in a different context: that of Haraldr’s crushing of the Upplendingar (see sts 19-21) and their submission to his rule. In Fsk, the stef follows st. 22/5-8 with a prose sentence in between, but in Mork and Flat the two helmingar form a single st. H-Hr combines the two approaches: the eight-l. st. printed above is cited in the same context as Hkr, then ll. 5-8 are cited after st. 20 in a narrative of Haraldr’s suppression of the Upplendingar. At this point ll. 5-6 are explicitly identified as the refrain (stefit) in a drápa about Haraldr.
In Mork, st. 22/5-6 is written on the top l. of fol. 11r, with 21/7-8 and the stef continuing in the upper margin, while in Flat the same eight ll. are written continuously in the main text. — [5-8]: These ll. comprise a stef or refrain—the only survivor of the six referred to in Sexstefja’s title—which would have punctuated part of the poem at regular intervals, so that its placing in the prose sources varies (see Context above) and is problematic here.
readings
- [1] Gegn: Þegn H(47r), Hr(33vb)
- [1] herr: hverr H(47r), hver Hr(33vb), 570a
- [2] hjaldr‑: ‘[...]’ 570a
- [2] ‑vitjaðar: ‑vitja(ð)(?) H(47r)
- [2] sitja: ‘[...]a’ H(47r), ‘[...]’ 570a
- [3] dolg‑: dolgr Hr(33vb)
- [3] ‑stœranda: ‑stýrandi H(47r), Hr(33vb), ‘stęrra’ 570a
- [4] ‑vandr: ‘‑vande’ E
- [4] ok: at Hr(33vb)
- [5] Lýtr: ‘lystr’ 39, ‘lykr’ Hr(33vb)
- [5] ‑stara: ‘‑stera’ E, ‑starra FskBˣ
- [5] feiti: ‘fæiti’ E, ‘fe[...]’ 570a, fretti FskAˣ
- [6] fátt es til nema: ‘[...]ema’ 570a
- [6] játta: so 39, F, H(47r), Hr(33vb), FskBˣ, FskAˣ, játa Kˣ, E, J2ˣ
- [7] þat: því Hr(33vb)
- [8] ǫll: valdr H(47r), Hr(33vb), ‘aull .g.’ Hr(44va), ‘ollr’ FskAˣ
- [8] konungr bjóða: ‘k[...]’ Mork
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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AM 63 folx (Kx) — 547r/14 - 547r/21
imagesGegn skyli herr, sem hugnar,
hjaldrvitjaðar sitja,
dolgstœranda dýrum,
dróttinvandr ok standa.
Lýtr folkstara feiti
(fátt es til, nema játa
þat, sem þá vill gotnum)
þjóð ǫll (konungr bjóða).Gegn scyli heʀ sem hugnar | hialdr vitiaðar sitia | dolgstǫranda dyrom | drottinvandr ok standa | lytr folcstara feiti | fát er til nema játa | þat sem þa vill gotnom | þioð ǫll konungr bioða |
(VEÞ)
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AM 39 fol (39) — 24vb/27 - 24vb/27
Gegn skyli herr, sem hugnar,
images
hjaldrvitjaðar sitja,
dolgstœranda dýrum,
dróttinvandr ok standa.
†lystr† folkstara feiti
(fátt es til, nema játta
þat, sem þá vill gotnum)
þjóð ǫll (konungr bjóða). -
AM 45 fol (F) — 46vb/4 - 46vb/6
imagesGegn skyli herr, sem hugnar,
hjaldrvitjaðar sitja,
dolgstœranda dýrum,
dróttinvandr ok standa.
Lýtr folkstara feiti
(fátt es til, nema játta
þat, sem þá vill gotnum)
þjóð ǫll (konungr bjóða).Gegn skyli herr sem hvgnar hialldr vitiaðar sítía dolgstǽranda dy | rom drottíɴ vandr ok standa · lytr folkstara feíti fátt er til nema | iatta þat sem þa vill gotnvm þioð oll konungr bioða· |
(VEÞ)
-
AM 47 fol (E) — 17v/4 - 17v/6
Gegn skyli herr, sem hugnar,
images
hjaldrvitjaðar sitja,
dolgstœranda dýrum,
dróttin†-vande† ok standa.
Lýtr folk†-stera fæiti†
(fátt es til, nema játa
þat, sem þá vill gotnum)
þjóð ǫll (konungr bjóða). -
AM 38 folx (J2x) — 273v/22 - 273v/29
Gegn skyli herr, sem hugnar,
images
hjaldrvitjaðar sitja,
dolgstœranda dýrum,
dróttinvandr ok standa.
Lýtr folkstara feiti
(fátt es til, nema játa
þat, sem þá vill gotnum)
þjóð ǫll (konungr bjóða). -
AM 66 fol (H*) — 47r - 47r
Þegn skyli hverr, sem hugnar,
images
hjaldr-vitja(ð) †[...]a†,
dolg-stýrandi dýrum,
dróttinvandr ok standa.
Lýtr folkstara feiti
(fátt es til, nema játta
þat, sem þá vill gotnum)
þjóð valdr (konungr bjóða). -
GKS 1010 fol (Hr*) — 33vb/26 - 33vb/30
Þegn skyli hver, sem hugnar,
images
hjaldrvitjaðar sitja,
dolgr-stýrandi dýrum,
dróttinvandr at standa.
†lykr† folkstara feiti
(fátt es til, nema játta
því, sem þá vill gotnum)
þjóð valdr (konungr bjóða). -
AM 301 4°x (301x) — 106r/2 - 106r/3 [5-8]
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AM 570 a 4° (570a) — 20v/33 - 21r/2
imagesGegn skyli hver, sem hugnar,
†[...]†vitjaðar †[...]†,
dolg†stęrra† dýrum,
dróttinvandr ok standa.
Lýtr folkstara †fe[...]†
(†[...]ema† , játta
þat, sem þá vill gotnum)
þjóð ǫll (konungr bjóða).Gegn skylí huer sem hvgnar || [...]ll[...] vítiadar [...] dolg storanda dyrum drottin vandur ok standa. lytur folk stęrra | fe[...]ema íata þat sem þa vuill gotnum þíod oll konungr bíoda |
(VEÞ)
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AM 51 folx (51x) — 69v/23 - 69v/26 [5-8]
images -
GKS 1009 fol (Mork) — 11r - 11r
Gegn skyli herr, sem hugnar,
images
hjaldrvitjaðar sitja,
dolgstœranda dýrum,
dróttinvandr ok standa.
Lýtr folkstara feiti
(fátt es til, nema játta
þat, sem þá vill gotnum)
þjóð ǫll (†k[...]† ). -
GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 199rb - 199rb
images -
AM 66 fol (H*) — 60v/19 - 60v/20
images -
GKS 1010 fol (Hr*) — 44va/7 - 44va/8
Gegn skyli herr, sem hugnar,
images
hjaldrvitjaðar sitja,
dolgstœranda dýrum,
dróttinvandr ok standa.
Lýtr folkstara feiti
(fátt es til, nema játta
þat, sem þá vill gotnum)
þjóð †aull .g.† (konungr bjóða). -
OsloUB 371 folx (FskBx) — 78r/6 - 78r/9
Gegn skyli herr, sem hugnar,
images
hjaldrvitjaðar sitja,
dolgstœranda dýrum,
dróttinvandr ok standa.
Lýtr folk-starra feiti
(fátt es til, nema játta
þat, sem þá vill gotnum)
þjóð ǫll (konungr bjóða). -
AM 303 4°x (FskAx) — 287/6 - 287/9
Gegn skyli herr, sem hugnar,
images
hjaldrvitjaðar sitja,
dolgstœranda dýrum,
dróttinvandr ok standa.
Lýtr folkstara fretti
(fátt es til, nema játta
þat, sem þá vill gotnum)
þjóð †ollr† (konungr bjóða).
editions and texts
Skj: Þjóðolfr Arnórsson, 3. Sexstefja 10: AI, 371, BI, 341, Skj AI, 371, 374, Skj BI, 341, 344 (l. 5), Skald I, 172, NN §2029; Hkr 1893-1901, III, 133-4, IV, 222, ÍF 28, 123, Hkr 1991, 637 (HSig ch. 42), F 1871, 217, E 1916, 61; Fms 6, 269 (HSig ch. 57), Fms 12, 152; HÍ 1952, 7; Mork 1928-1932, 188, Andersson and Gade 2000, 216-17, 477 (MH); Flat 1860-8, III, 351 (MH); Fms 6, 339 (HSig ch. 91); Fsk 1902-3, 278 (ch. 47), ÍF 29, 273 (ch. 57).
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