ÞjóðA Sex 4II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Sexstefja 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. 116.
text and translation
Lét, þás lypt vas spjótum,
liðs hǫfðingi kviðjat,
enn, þeirs undan runnu,
ulfs grôð, friðar bôðu.
Hann hefr fyr sæ sunnan
— svá finnask til minni —
opt með oddi keyptan
auð, þars leitt vas blauðum.
Hǫfðingi liðs lét kviðjat grôð ulfs, þás spjótum vas lypt, enn, þeirs runnu undan, bôðu friðar. Hann hefr opt keyptan auð með oddi fyr sæ sunnan, þars leitt vas blauðum; svá finnask minni til.
‘The commander of the host put a ban on the wolf’s hunger, as spears were raised up, and those who ran away begged for a truce. He has often purchased riches with his spear-point, south of the sea, where it was unpleasant for cowards; memorials of this are to be found.’
notes and context
Haraldr (under his alias Norðbrikt) and his troops bring a rich Sicilian town to its knees through force of arms and cunning use of birds loaded with burning sulphur to set it on fire.
Flat introduces the st., Suo segir þor. skalld. ‘As the poet Þór… says’.
readings
- [2] kviðjat: kviðja Flat
- [3] þeirs: þeir Flat, Hr
- [4] ulfs: ulf H, Hr
- [7] keyptan: ‘keptan’ H
- [8] leitt: so Flat, H, Hr, ‘leit’ 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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GKS 1009 fol (Mork) — 2r/17 - 2r/17
imagesLét, þás lypt vas spjótum,
liðs hǫfðingi kviðjat,
enn, þeirs undan runnu,
ulfs grôð, friðar bôðu.
Hann hefr fyr sæ sunnan
— svá finnask til minni —
opt með oddi keyptan
auð, þars †leit† vas blauðum.Let þa er lypt var spiotom liþs hofþingi qviþiat | en þeirs vndan rvnno vlfs graþ friþar baþo hann hefir fyr sia svnnan sva finnaz til minni opt með oddi keyptan ꜹþ | þar er leit var blꜹþom.
(DW)
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GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 193va/36 - 193va/36
Lét, þás lypt vas spjótum,
images
liðs hǫfðingi kviðja,
enn, þeir undan runnu,
ulfs grôð, friðar bôðu.
Hann hefr fyr sæ sunnan
— svá finnask til minni —
opt með oddi keyptan
auð, þars leitt vas blauðum. -
AM 66 fol (H) — 25v - 25v
Lét, þás lypt vas spjótum,
images
liðs hǫfðingi kviðjat,
enn, þeirs undan runnu,
ulf grôð, friðar bôðu.
Hann hefr fyr sæ sunnan
— svá finnask til minni —
opt með oddi †keptan†
auð, þars leitt vas blauðum. -
GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 19ra/15 - 19ra/15
Lét, þás lypt vas spjótum,
images
liðs hǫfðingi kviðjat,
enn, þeir undan runnu,
ulf grôð, friðar bôðu.
Hann hefr fyr sæ sunnan
— svá finnask til minni —
opt með oddi keyptan
auð, þars leitt vas blauðum.
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