Þloft Glækv 4I
Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Þórarinn loftunga, Glælognskviða 4’ 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. 869.
text and translation
Hafði sér
harðla ráðit
Haralds sonr
til himinríkis,
áðr seimbrjótr
at sætti varð.
{Sonr Haralds} hafði harðla ráðit sér til himinríkis, áðr {seimbrjótr} varð at sætti.
‘The son of Haraldr [= Óláfr] had powerfully taken himself to the heavenly kingdom, before the treasure-breaker [GENEROUS MAN] became a mediator.’
notes and context
See Context to st. 2 above.
As it stands, this stanza has only six lines, and so it must be assumed that at least two lines have been lost at the end (so Skj B; Skald; Magerøy 1948; ÍF 27). Hence it must remain uncertain as to whether the clause beginning at l. 5 is grammatically complete, even though it can be construed as such (especially with emendation); moreover, the syntactic connection between sts 4 and 5 is unclear, especially in those mss which read svát ‘so that’ in st. 5/1. The stanza is completed in 61 with the lines Kristi þekkr | konungr inn œzti ‘the highest king, pleasing to Christ’, but the authority of this reading must be doubted.
readings
- [3] sonr: mǫgr 325VII, son Flat
- [4] himin‑: himi‑ Flat, ‘hini’ Tóm
- [5] seim‑: seimi Bb
- [5] ‑brjótr: broti Tóm
- [6] at: om. 325V
- [6] sætti: setti Kˣ, 39, Bb, ‘set’ Holm2, sætu 61, Flat, Tóm, om. 325V, sæti 325VII
- [6] varð: om. Holm2, varð Kristi þekkr konungr in œzti 61
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 36 folx (Kx) — 486v/24 - 487r/1
imagesHafði sér
harðla ráðit
Haralds sonr
til himinríkis,
áðr seimbrjótr
at setti varð.Hafði ser | harðla raþit | Haralldz sonr | til himinrikis | aðr seimbriotr || at setti varð |
(DW)
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AM 39 fol (39) — 11ra/20 - 11ra/22
imagesHafði sér
harðla ráðit
Haralds sonr
til himinríkis,
áðr seimbrjótr
at setti varð.Hafði ser hardla radit haralldz | sonr · til himin rikis aðr sæim briotr at setti | varð ·
(VEÞ)
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Holm perg 2 4° (Holm2) — 71v/34 - 71v/35
Hafði sér
images
harðla ráðit
Haralds sonr
til himinríkis,
áðr seimbrjótr
at †set† . -
AM 61 fol (61) — 128vb/9 - 128vb/10
Hafði sér
images
harðla ráðit
Haralds sonr
til himinríkis,
áðr seimbrjótr
at sætu varð Kristi þekkr konungr in œzti. -
AM 325 V 4° (325V) — 86rb/3 - 86rb/5
Hafði sér
images
harðla ráðit
Haralds sonr
til himinríkis,
áðr seimbrjótr
varð. -
AM 325 VII 4° (325VII) — 40r/3 - 40r/4
Hafði sér
images
harðla ráðit
Haralds mǫgr
til himinríkis,
áðr seimbrjótr
at sæti varð. -
Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 203rb - 203rb
Hafði sér
images
harðla ráðit
Haralds sonr
til himinríkis,
áðr seimibrjótr
at setti varð. -
GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 127va/5 - 127va/6
Hafði sér
images
harðla ráðit
Haralds son
til himi-ríkis,
áðr seimbrjótr
at sætu varð. -
GKS 1008 fol (Tóm) — 159r/34 - 159r/34
Hafði sér
images
harðla ráðit
Haralds sonr
til †hini†ríkis,
áðr seimbroti
at sætu varð. -
Thott 972 folx (972x) — 565va/35 - 565va/36
images -
AM 73 a folx (73ax) — 210r/11 - 210r/11
images
editions and texts
Skj: Þórarinn loftunga, 3. Glælognskviða 4: AI, 325, BI, 300, Skald I, 153, NN §965; Hkr 1893-1901, II, 520, IV, 175, ÍF 27, 407 (ÓHHkr ch. 245); ÓH 1941, I, 603 (ch. 245), Flat 1860-8, II, 377; Magerøy 1948, 11, 17, 22.
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