Þloft Tøgdr 8I
Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Þórarinn loftunga, Tøgdrápa 8’ 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. 862.
text and translation
Gatk gollskata;
gǫrs leygs of bǫr
gǫtu gunnvita
gráps Tøgdrápa.
Gatk {gollskata}; Tøgdrápa [e]s gǫr of {bǫr {leygs {gráps {gǫtu {gunnvita}}}}}.
‘I have got a gold-man [GENEROUS RULER = Knútr]; Tøgdrápa (‘Journey drápa’) is made about the tree of the flame of the hail-storm of the path of the battle-beacon [SWORD > SHIELD > BATTLE > SWORD > WARRIOR]. ’
notes and context
The helmingr is quoted in SnE (Skm) in exemplification of the kenning gullskati ‘gold-man’, in a series of man-kennings involving gold.
The content of the helmingr suggests it is from the last stanza of the poem. The kenning in ll. 2-4 is extended to an exceptional degree but, apart from its inclusion of two sword-kennings, conforms to normal patterns. — Only in ms. A is the helmingr attributed to Þórarinn; in R and elsewhere it is simply introduced with sem hér er ‘as it stands here’ (SnE 1998, I, 63).
readings
- [2] gǫrs (‘gꜹr er’): gǫr W, ‘g[…]’ C
- [2] leygs: logs A, leiks C
- [4] gráps: ‘grāþs’ Tˣ
- [4] ‑drápa: so W, drôpu all others
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 2367 4° (R) — 33r/12 - 33r/13
imagesGat ec gvllskata gꜹr er leygs of bꜹr gꜹtv guɴ | vita graps tꜹg drapv
(DW)
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Traj 1374x (Tx) — 34v/10 - 34v/10
Gatk gollskata;
images
gǫrs leygs of bǫr
gǫtu gunnvita
†grāþs† Tøgdrápa. -
AM 242 fol (W) — 76/6 - 76/6
Gatk gollskata;
images
gǫr leygs of bǫr
gǫtu gunnvita
gráps Tøgdrápa. -
AM 748 I b 4° (A) — 10r/32 - 10r/32
imagesGatk gollskata;
gǫrs logs of bǫr
gǫtu gunnvita
gráps Tøgdrápa.Gat ek gvllskata ger ær logs vm bǫr gǫtv gvnnvita ⸍⸍ graps tǫgdrápv |
(VEÞ)
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AM 748 II 4° (C) — 4v/2 - 4v/3
Gatk gollskata;
images
†g[…]† leiks of bǫr
gǫtu gunnvita
gráps Tøgdrápa.
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