Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 42’ 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. 788.
En Óláfr
átti inn kyrri
frœknan son
ok fjárgóðan.
Réð Magnús
fyr mani Yggjar
tíu vetr
at tali fyrða.
En Óláfr inn kyrri átti frœknan ok fjárgóðan son. Magnús réð fyr {mani Yggjar} tíu vetr at tali fyrða.
But Óláfr inn kyrri (‘the Quiet’) had a bold and generous son. Magnús ruled {Yggr’s <= Óðinn’s> girl} [= Jǫrð (jǫrð ‘earth’)] for ten years according to people’s reckoning.
Mss: Flat(144vb)
Editions: Skj AI, 585, Skj BI, 583, Skald I, 284; Flat 1860-8, II, 525.
Notes: [All]: Magnús Óláfsson ruled Norway 1093-1103. — [6] mani Yggjar ‘Yggr’s <= Óðinn’s> girl [= Jǫrð (jǫrð ‘earth’)]’: See Note to st. 8/1, 2.
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