Anon Nkt 43II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 43’ 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. 789.
text and translation
Frák, berfœttr
bǫrn at ætti
Magnús mǫrg,
þaus metorð hǫfðu.
Vôru þess
þengils synir
fremðar fljóts
fimm konungar.
Frák, at Magnús berfœttr ætti mǫrg bǫrn, þaus hǫfðu metorð. Fimm konungar vôru synir þess þengils, fljóts fremðar.
‘I heard that Magnús berfœttr (‘Barelegs’) had many children who obtained noble status. Five kings were sons of that lord, swift in fame.’
notes and context
[5-8]: The last half-st. could also be construed as fimm synir þess þengils, fljóts fremðar, vru konungar ‘five sons of that lord, fast in fame, were kings’ (so Skj B and Skald). That w. o. is less preferable, because it divides syntactically the nominal phrase in the last l. The five kings were Óláfr (d. 1015), Eysteinn (d. 1122), Sigurðr jórsalafari (d. 1130), Haraldr gillikristr (d. 1136) and Sigurðr slembidjákn (d. 1139).
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) — 144vb/8 - 144vb/9
imagesFra ek berfættr born at ættí magnus morg þau er | metord hofdu voru þess þeíngils synir fremdar fliotz .v. konungar.
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