Þorm Lv 16I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Þormóðr Kolbrúnarskáld, Lausavísur 16’ 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. 827.
text and translation
Sex hefk alls, síz óxu
ónhjalta Tý fjónir,
— kenndr emk við styr stundum —
stálregns boða vegna.
Þó emk enn at mun manna
morðs varliga orðinn
(vér létum þó þeira)
þrítøgr (skarar bíta).
Hefk vegna alls {sex boða {stálregns}}, síz fjónir óxu {Tý ónhjalta}; emk stundum kenndr við styr. Þó emk enn varliga orðinn þrítøgr at mun {manna morðs}; vér létum þó bíta skarar þeira.
‘I have killed, in all, six announcers of steel-rain [BATTLE > WARRIORS] since hostilities grew against the Týr <god> of sword-hilts [WARRIOR = me]; I am at times known for fighting. Yet I am still barely turned thirty, to the satisfaction of men of battle; we [I] nonetheless caused their scalps to be cleaved.’
notes and context
In Þorm, a conversation follows the preceding stanza, in which the king asks Þormóðr how many men he has killed, and the poet replies with Lv 16. In ÞormR, the context is similar, but Þorm Lv 3V (Fbr 19) is also cited before this stanza. In ÓHLeg, the king asks the question for no apparent reason after Þormóðr has recited Bjarkamál on the way to Stiklestad (ON Stiklastaðir).
readings
- [1] síz óxu: síðan óxum 142ˣ, 566aˣ, 761bˣ, er ôru DG8
- [2] ón‑: en 142ˣ, ór 566aˣ
- [2] Tý: mér all others
- [2] fjónir: fjórir 566aˣ
- [3] emk (‘em ek’): so 142ˣ, 566aˣ, 761bˣ, er ek Flat, ‘er mek’ DG8
- [4] ‑regns: ‘rengs’ DG8
- [5] Þó: nú DG8
- [5] enn at: ok 142ˣ, 566aˣ, 761bˣ, enn ok DG8
- [5] mun: namk DG8
- [6] morðs varliga orðinn: morð varlegra forðum DG8
- [8] bíta: om. DG8
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 1005 fol (Flat) — 105ra/56 - 105ra/58
imagesSex hefk alls, síz óxu
ónhjalta Tý fjónir,
— kenndr er ek við styr stundum —
stálregns boða vegna.
Þó emk enn at mun manna
morðs varliga orðinn
(vér létum þó þeira)
þrítøgr (skarar bíta).Sex hefíg allz sizst uxu on hiallta ty fio | nir kendr er ek vid styr stundum stalregns boda uegnna þo em ek enn | at mun manna mordz uarliga ordinn uer letum þo þeirra þrito᷎gr skarar bíta |
(RDF)
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AM 142 folx (142x) — 69/14 - 69/21
imagesSex hefk alls, síðan óxum
enhjalta Tý fjónir,
— kenndr †em ek† við styr stundum —
stálregns boða vegna.
Þó emk ok mun manna
morðs varliga orðinn
(vér létum þó þeira)
þrítøgr (skarar bíta).Sex hefik allz siþan uxum | en hiallta mer fionir | kendr em ek við styr stundum | stalregns boða vegna | þo em ek ok mun manna | morz varliga orðinn | veʀ letum þo þeirra þritugr skarar bita |
(RDF)
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AM 566 a 4°x (566ax) — 2v/7 - 2v/14
imagesSex hefk alls, síðan óxum
órhjalta Tý fjórir,
— kenndr †em ek† við styr stundum —
stálregns boða vegna.
Þó emk ok mun manna
morðs varliga orðinn
(vér létum þó þeira)
þrítøgr (skarar bíta).Sex hefi ec allz siþan uxum | or hiallta mer fiorir | kendr em ec við styr stundum | stalregns boða vegna | þo em ec oc mun manna | morz varliga orðinn | ver letum þo þeirra | þritugr skarar bita |
(VEÞ)
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DG 8 (DG8) — 99r/16 - 99r/18
imagesSex hefk alls, er ôru
ónhjalta Tý fjónir,
— kenndr †er mek† við styr stundum —
stál†rengs† boða vegna.
nú emk enn ok namk manna
morð varlegra forðum
(vér létum þó þeira)
þrítøgr (skarar ).Sex hævi ec allz er oro, on hiallta mer fioner, kændr | er mek við styr stundum, stalrengs boða vegna, nu emek enn ⸌oc⸍ namk | manna, morð varlegra forðom, ver letom þo þæírra, þritugr scarar — — — — — |
(TW)
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AM 141 folx (141x) — 31r/23 - 31v/1
imagesSex hefig allz sizst uxu | an hiallta ty fionir | kendr er ec við styr stundom | stalregns boþa vegna | þa em ec enn at mun manna | morðz varliga orðin | ver letum þo þeiʀa || þritogr scarar bita |
(VEÞ)
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AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 487v/14 - 487v/21
imagesSex hefk alls, síðan óxum
ónhjalta Tý fjónir,
— kenndr †em ek† við styr stundum —
stálregns boða vegna.
Þó emk ok mun manna
morðs varliga orðinn
(vér létum þó þeira)
þrítøgr (skarar bíta).Sex hefik allz siþan uxum (sizt) | on hiallta
mer(ty) fionir | kendrem(er) ek við styr stundum | stalregns boþa vegna | þo em ekoc(enn at) mun manna | morþz varliga orþin | ver letu⸜ǫ⸝m þo þeira þritu⸜o᷎⸝gr skarar bita· |(RDF)
editions and texts
Skj: Þórmóðr Bersason Kolbrúnarskáld, 2. Lausavísur 16: AI, 285, BI, 264, Skald I, 136, NN §§2483, 2484; Flat 1860-8, II, 203, Fbr 1925-7, 227, ÓH 1941, II, 802, ÍF 6, 286-7, ÍS III, 2279 (Þorm); Loth 1960a, 126 (Fbr ch. 14); ÍS III, 2281 (ÞormR); ÓHLeg 1849, 66, 117, ÓHLeg 1922, 80, ÓHLeg 1982, 184-5; Gaertner 1907, 310, 332-3, Finnur Jónsson 1932-3, 69-70.
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