Þskakk Erldr 3II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þorbjǫrn skakkaskáld, Erlingsdrápa 3’ 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. 635.
text and translation
Urð dró austan fjarðar
Erlingr at víkingum,
— mein fekk margr af Kœnu
maðr — es hann fór þaðra.
Fœrðr vas fleinn meðal herða
Fríreks; ofarr nekkvi
skolldi óþarfr ǫldum
illgjarn við tré Bjarni.
Erlingr dró urð at víkingum austan fjarðar, es hann fór þaðra; margr maðr fekk mein af Kœnu. Fleinn vas fœrðr meðal herða Fríreks; nekkvi ofarr skolldi illgjarn Bjarni, óþarfr ǫldum, við tré.
‘Erlingr brought death to the vikings east of the fjord when he went there; many a man got grief from Kœna (‘Little-boat’). The anchor-fluke was placed between Frírekr’s shoulders; somewhat higher up, evil-eager Bjarni, harmful to people, swung from a tree.’
notes and context
After the execution of the royal pretender Sigurðr Markússfóstri (1163), some of his former adherents, among them Frírekr kœna and Bjarni inn illi, began to plunder in Viken. Erlingr skakki, who had spent the winter in Kungälv (Kunungahella), went north to Viken and captured the two of them. He bound Fríkekr to an anchor and plunged him into the sea, and he hanged Bjarni.
readings
- [1] dró: þar Hr
- [2] at: af J2ˣ
- [3] Kœnu: ‘kuænu’ Hr
- [5] vas (‘var’): er F, om. Hr
- [6] Frí‑: Frið‑ H, Hr
- [6] nekkvi (‘necki’): nǫkkvi all others
- [7] skolldi: skelldi F
- [7] óþarfr: óþǫrf E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, H, Hr
- [7] ǫldum: ǫldu E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, 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) — 708r/8 - 708r/15
images -
AM 45 fol (F) — 81ra/10 - 81ra/13
Urð dró austan fjarðar
images
Erlingr at víkingum,
— mein fekk margr af Kœnu
maðr — es hann fór þaðra.
Fœrðr er fleinn meðal herða
Fríreks; ofarr nekkvi
skelldi óþarfr ǫldum
illgjarn við tré Bjarni. -
AM 47 fol (E) — 68r/10 - 68r/12
Urð dró austan fjarðar
images
Erlingr at víkingum,
— mein fekk margr af Kœnu
maðr — es hann fór þaðra.
Fœrðr vas fleinn meðal herða
Fríreks; ofarr nekkvi
skolldi óþǫrf ǫldu
illgjarn við tré Bjarni. -
AM 38 folx (J2x) — 378r/5 - 378r/12
Urð dró austan fjarðar
images
Erlingr af víkingum,
— mein fekk margr af Kœnu
maðr — es hann fór þaðra.
Fœrðr vas fleinn meðal herða
Fríreks; ofarr nekkvi
skolldi óþǫrf ǫldu
illgjarn við tré Bjarni. -
AM 42 folx (42x) — 65v/20 - 65v/20
Urð dró austan fjarðar
images
Erlingr at víkingum,
— mein fekk margr af Kœnu
maðr — es hann fór þaðra.
Fœrðr vas fleinn meðal herða
Fríreks; ofarr nekkvi
skolldi óþǫrf ǫldu
illgjarn við tré Bjarni. -
AM 66 fol (H) — 137r/2 - 137r/2
Urð dró austan fjarðar
images
Erlingr at víkingum,
— mein fekk margr af Kœnu
maðr — es hann fór þaðra.
Fœrðr vas fleinn meðal herða
Frið-reks; ofarr nekkvi
skolldi óþǫrf ǫldu
illgjarn við tré Bjarni. -
GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 88vb/18 - 88vb/18
Urð þar austan fjarðar
images
Erlingr at víkingum,
— mein fekk margr af †kuænu†
maðr — es hann fór þaðra.
Fœrðr fleinn meðal herða
Frið-reks; ofarr nekkvi
skolldi óþǫrf ǫldu
illgjarn við tré Bjarni.
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