Þsvart Lv 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þorbjǫrn svarti, Lausavísa 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, pp. 624-5.
text and translation
Vask í hirð með herði
hjǫrþeys í Orkneyjum;
réð folkstara fœðir
fyrr of vetr til styrjar.
Nú berum rǫnd með reyndum
raunsnarliga jarli
ǫrt á úrga vǫrtu
Akrsborg fríamorgin.
Vask í hirð með {herði {hjǫrþeys}} í Orkneyjum; {fœðir {folkstara}} réð fyrr of vetr til styrjar. Nú berum rǫnd raunsnarliga með reyndum jarli, ǫrt á úrga vǫrtu, Akrsborg, fríamorgin.
‘I was in the retinue with the strengthener of sword-wind [BATTLE > WARRIOR] in the Orkneys; the feeder of the fight-starling [RAVEN > WARRIOR] went to battle earlier in the winter. Now we [I] carry the shield very quickly with the tested jarl, bravely towards the wet gate, Acre, on a Friday morning.’
notes and context
On their way to the Holy Land in 1152, Jarl Rǫgnvaldr Kali Kolsson of Orkney and his companions sail to Crete and then on to Acre, where they put ashore on a Friday and enter the city with great pomp. Then Þorbjǫrn speaks this st.
[1-2]: The Flat reading of these ll. may conceivably be construed as varðk of hríð með herði hjǫrþyss í Orkneyjum ‘I was for a while with the strengthener of sword-tumult in the Orkneys’. However, þyss ‘tumult’, usually denoting uproar in a crowd of people, does not otherwise occur as a part of kennings (see LP: þyss), and the Flat version appears to be secondary.
readings
- [1] Vask (‘Var ek’): ‘vard ek’ Flat
- [1] í hirð: um hríð Flat
- [1] með herði: ‘med herdín’ Flat
- [2] ‑þeys: ‑þyss Flat
- [2] Orkn‑: ‘ork’ Flat
- [3] ‑stara: so Flat, ‘star’ R702ˣ
- [4] fyrr: so Flat, firr R702ˣ
- [4] of vetr: um nætr Flat
- [6] raunsnarliga: so Flat, ‘rannsnarpliga’ R702ˣ
- [7] úrga vǫrtu: so Flat, ‘viga po᷎rtu’ R702ˣ
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) — 140vb/29 - 140vb/29
†vard ek† um hríð †med herdín†
images
hjǫr-þyss í †ork†eyjum;
réð folkstara fœðir
fyrr um nætr til styrjar.
Nú berum rǫnd með reyndum
raunsnarliga jarli
ǫrt á úrga vǫrtu
Akrsborg fríamorgin. -
UppsUB R 702x (R702x) — 49v - 49v
Var ek í hirð með herði
images
hjǫrþeys í Orkneyjum;
réð folk†star† fœðir
firr of vetr til styrjar.
Nú berum rǫnd með reyndum
†rannsnarpliga† jarli
ǫrt á †viga po᷎rtu†
Akrsborg fríamorgin.
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