Anon Nkt 32II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 32’ 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. 781-2.
text and translation
Þá réð Sveinn
sonr Alfífu
snáka stríð
sex fyr landi,
áðr * Knúts sonr
af konungdómi
vinalauss
varð at flýja.
Þá réð Sveinn, sonr Alfífu, fyr landi {sex stríð snáka}, áðr * {sonr Knúts} varð at flýja vinalauss af konungdómi.
‘Then Sveinn, the son of Ælfgifu, ruled the country for six distresses of snakes [WINTERS], before Knútr’s son [= Sveinn] had to flee friendless from the kingdom.’
notes and context
Sveinn (d. 1035) was the son of Knútr inn ríki Sveinsson (Cnut the Great) and his concubine, Ælfgifu (Álfífa) of Northampton (see Campbell 1971). He ruled Norway from 1029 until he fled to Denmark in 1035 after Magnús Óláfsson’s return from Russia. See Theodoricus (MHN 44-5), Ágr (ÍF 29, 32-4), Mork 1928-32, 20-2, Fsk (ÍF 29, 209-11), MgóðHkr (ÍF 28, 10-11). See also Note to ÞjóðA Magnfl 3/8.
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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) — 144va/52 - 144va/53
imagesÞá réð Sveinn
sonr Alfífu
snáka stríð
sex fyr landi,
áðr an Knúts sonr
af konungdómi
vinalauss
varð at flýja.Þa red sueinn sunr alfífu snaka strid | sex fyrir landi adr enn knutz sonr af konungdomí vína lauss vard at flyía.
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