Þstf Stuttdr 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þórarinn stuttfeldr, Stuttfeldardrápa 1’ 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. 474.
text and translation
Dreif til handa
herr framr grami
hollr hauksnjǫllum
hvaðanæva svá,
sem fyrr í fǫr
frétt hǫfðu rétt
konunga kyn
Kraka margspǫkum.
Framr, hollr herr dreif til handa hauksnjǫllum grami svá hvaðanæva, sem hǫfðu rétt frétt kyn konunga fyrr í fǫr margspǫkum Kraka.
‘An outstanding, loyal army gathered around the hawk-brave lord from everywhere, just as [men] have rightly heard that the kin of kings earlier [were] in the company of the very sagacious Kraki (‘Pole-ladder’) <legendary king>.’
notes and context
Sigurðr prepared to set out on his journey to Palestine and men gathered around him.
[3] hauksnjǫllum ‘the hawk-brave’: See also Ólhv Hryn 7/1. — [8]: Hrólfr kraki ‘Pole-ladder’ was a legendary Dan. king (see Hrólf; SnE 1998, I, 58-9). See also ÞjóðA Sex 27.
readings
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 1009 fol (Mork) — 25r/10 - 25r/10
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AM 66 fol (H) — 94r/22 - 94r/22
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GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 64rb/19 - 64rb/19
Dreif til handa
images
herr framr grami
hollr hauksnjǫllum
hvaðanæva svá,
sem fyrr í fǫr
frétt hǫfðu rétt
konunga kyn
Kraka marg†-spraukum†.
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