ÞjóðA Magn 14II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Stanzas about Magnús Óláfsson in Danaveldi 14’ 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. 102-3.
text and translation
Ek hef ekki at drekka
annars nema sjá þenna,
— sýgk ór sǫltum ægi
sylg — es jǫfri fylgik.
Liggr fyr oss, en uggum
alllítt Svía, kǫllum,
— drýgt hǫfum vás fyr vísa —
víð Skáneyrar síða.
Ek hef ekki annars at drekka nema þenna sjá, es fylgik jǫfri; sýgk sylg ór sǫltum ægi. Víð síða Skáneyrar liggr fyr oss, en uggum alllítt Svía, kǫllum; hǫfum drýgt vás fyr vísa.
‘I have nothing other to drink than this sea, as I follow the king; I suck a slurp from the salt ocean. The broad coast of Skanör lies before us, but we fear the Swedes very little, I [lit. we] declare; we have gone through hardship for the prince’s sake.’
notes and context
As Sveinn Úlfsson flees east across Skåne (Skáney), Magnús and his troops return to their ships and hastily set off east round the coast.
The introductory words are Þá kvað Þjóðólfr (þetta) ‘Then Þjóðólfr recited (this)’ in H-Hr and all Hkr mss (except F, which has svá segir Þjóðólfr ‘so says Þjóðólfr’), a formula normally associated with lvv. extemporised in the midst of the action, though Þjóðólfr is not depicted as doing this here. On issues of reconstruction, see Introduction to ÞjóðA Magnfl.
readings
- [1] Ek hef ekki (‘Ec hefi ecki’): Ekki hefik H, Hr
- [1] hef (‘hefi’): ‘hofr’ 39, F
- [2] annars nema: so 39, F, E, J2ˣ, ‘anners nema’ Kˣ, ‘annat en’ H, ‘annat enn’ Hr
- [3] sýgk (‘syg ec’): ‘sykr’ Hr
- [5] uggum: yggum J2ˣ
- [6] kǫllum: kǫrlum H, Hr
- [7] drýgt: drjúgt 39, F, ‘drygz’ J2ˣ, ‘drykt’ H, Hr
- [7] vás: om. J2ˣ
- [8] ‑eyrar: ‑unga F, ‑eyjar E, J2ˣ, H, Hr
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) — 518r/26 - 518v/4
imagesEk hef ekki at drekka
†anners nema† sjá þenna,
— sýgk ór sǫltum ægi
sylg — es jǫfri fylgik.
Liggr fyr oss, en uggum
alllítt Svía, kǫllum,
— drýgt hǫfum vás fyr vísa —
víð Skáneyrar síða.Ec hefi ecki at drecka | aɴers nema sia þeɴa | syg ec or sꜹltom ægi | sylg er ec jofri fylgi || liɢr fyrir os eɴ uɢom | all litt svia cǫllum | drigt hafom vas fyrir visa | við scaneyrar siþa |
(VEÞ)
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AM 39 fol (39) — 18ra/7 - 18ra/7
Ek †hofr† ekki at drekka
images
annars nema sjá þenna,
— sýgk ór sǫltum ægi
sylg — es jǫfri fylgik.
Liggr fyr oss, en uggum
alllítt Svía, kǫllum,
— drjúgt hǫfum vás fyr vísa —
víð Skáneyrar síða. -
AM 45 fol (F) — 41rb/38 - 41va/1
imagesEk †hofr† ekki at drekka
annars nema sjá þenna,
— sýgk ór sǫltum ægi
sylg — es jǫfri fylgik.
Liggr fyr oss, en uggum
alllítt Svía, kǫllum,
— drjúgt hǫfum vás fyr vísa —
víð Skán-unga síða.Ek hofr ecki at | drecka aɴars nema sía þeɴa sýg ek or sꜹlltom ǽgí sylg | er ek iofri fylgí · líɢr fyrir ós eɴ vɢom all lítt svía kollom drívgt || hofom vás fyrir vísa víþ skanunga siða·
(VEÞ)
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AM 47 fol (E) — 9r/28 - 9r/30
Ek hef ekki at drekka
images
annars nema sjá þenna,
— sýgk ór sǫltum ægi
sylg — es jǫfri fylgik.
Liggr fyr oss, en uggum
alllítt Svía, kǫllum,
— drýgt hǫfum vás fyr vísa —
víð Skán-eyjar síða. -
AM 38 folx (J2x) — 255v/4 - 255v/11
Ek hef ekki at drekka
images
annars nema sjá þenna,
— sýgk ór sǫltum ægi
sylg — es jǫfri fylgik.
Liggr fyr oss, en yggum
alllítt Svía, kǫllum,
— †drygz† hǫfum fyr vísa —
víð Skán-eyjar síða. -
AM 66 fol (H) — 12v/16 - 12v/16
Ekki hefik at drekka
images
†annat en† sjá þenna,
— sýgk ór sǫltum ægi
sylg — es jǫfri fylgik.
Liggr fyr oss, en uggum
alllítt Svía, kǫrlum,
— †drykt† hǫfum vás fyr vísa —
víð Skán-eyjar síða. -
GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 11ra/37 - 11rb/2
Ekki hefik at drekka
images
†annat enn† sjá þenna,
— †sykr† ór sǫltum ægi
sylg — es jǫfri fylgik.
Liggr fyr oss, en uggum
alllítt Svía, kǫrlum,
— †drykt† hǫfum vás fyr vísa —
víð Skán-eyjar síða. -
AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 537r/2 - 537r/9
images
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