Valg Har 2II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Valgarðr á Velli, Poem about Haraldr harðráði 2’ 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. 301-2.
Snarla skaut ór sóti
— sveyk of hús ok reykir
stóðu stopðir síðan —
steinóðr logi glóðum.
Steinóðr logi skaut snarla glóðum ór sóti, ok stopðir reykir stóðu síðan of sveyk hús.
The furious flame quickly shot embers from the soot, and straight columns of smoke then rose above tottering houses.
Mss: R(38v), Tˣ(40v), U(40v) (ll. 3-4), A(13v), B(6r), 744ˣ(37v), C(8r) (SnE)
Readings: [1] ór sóti: ‘[…]so[…]’ B, ‘ọṛ sóṭe’ 744ˣ; sóti: ‘scoti’ Tˣ [2] sveyk of hús ok reykir: blank space A, ‘[…]ein[…]n hre[…]’ B, sveins of hús en hreinum 744ˣ; sveyk: ‘svéc’ R, ‘su eic’ Tˣ, sveit C; ok reykir: ‘enn ro᷎kir’ Tˣ [3] stóðu stopðir síðan: reykr stóð en steyptisk U; stopðir: ‘steupd’ Tˣ, stýfðir A, B [4] steinóðr: ‘st[…]oðr’ B; glóðum: innan U
Editions: Skj AI, 390, Skj BI, 360, Skald I, 180; SnE 1848-87, I, 506-7, II, 354, 453, 536, 602, SnE 1931, 177, SnE 1998, I, 97.
Context: Logi ‘flame, blaze’ is given in Skm as a heiti for ‘fire’.
Notes: [All]: Sigfús Blöndal (1978, 92-3) suggests that this st. describes the destruction of the imperial Byzantine Treasury after the revolt against Emperor Michael V on 21 April 1042. That can, however, not be ascertained. — [2] sveyk ‘tottering’: Hap. leg. derived from the second grade of ablaut of the strong verb svíkja ‘betray’ (see AEW: sveykr). The diphthong <ey> is secured by internal rhyme. — [3] stopðir ‘erect’: Hap. leg. Past participle (m. nom. pl.) of an unattested weak verb *stopa derived from the fourth grade of ablaut of the strong verb stúpa ‘standing upright, tower’. See AEW: stúpa.
References
- Bibliography
- SnE 1848-87 = Snorri Sturluson. 1848-87. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar: Edda Snorronis Sturlaei. Ed. Jón Sigurðsson et al. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Legatum Arnamagnaeanum. Rpt. Osnabrück: Zeller, 1966.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
- SnE 1931 = Snorri Sturluson. 1931. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar. Ed. Finnur Jónsson. Copenhagen: Gyldendal.
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Sigfús Blöndal. 1978. The Varangians of Byzantium: An Aspect of Byzantine Military History. Trans. and rev. Benedikt S. Benedikz. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. First published 1954 as Væringja saga. Reykjavík: Ísafoldarprentsmiðja.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=112> (accessed 18 April 2024)
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