Anon Nkt 58II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 58’ 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. 797.
Vasat saklaust,
þás Sigurð hǫfðu
frœkinn mann
fjǫrvi ræntan.
Sás í fold
hjá feðr sínum
í Bjǫrgyn
búinn at liggja.
Vasat saklaust, þás hǫfðu ræntan Sigurð, frœkinn mann, fjǫrvi. Sás búinn at liggja í fold hjá feðr sínum í Bjǫrgyn.
It was not without cause when they robbed Sigurðr, the daring man, of his life. That one is fit to lie in the ground next to his father in Bergen.
Mss: Flat(144vb)
Editions: Skj AI, 587, Skj BI, 586, Skald I, 285-6; Flat 1860-8, II, 526.
Notes: [All]: Sigurðr munnr ‘Mouth’ Haraldsson was killed in Bergen by his brother Ingi’s men on 10 June 1155. See Mork 1928-32, 454-9, Fsk (ÍF 29, 335-8), HsonaHkr (ÍF 28, 337-42). He was buried in Kristkirken in Bergen (see Note to st. 55 [All]). See also ESk Ingdr 2-4. — [3] frœkinn (m. acc. sg.) ‘daring’: Skj B and Skald emend to frœknan (m. acc. sg. of frœkn). For the variant forms frœkinn and frœkn see Fritzner: frœkinn; frœkn.
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Flat 1860-8 = Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and C. R. Unger, eds. 1860-8. Flateyjarbók. En samling af norske konge-sagaer med indskudte mindre fortællinger om begivenheder i og udenfor Norge samt annaler. 3 vols. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
- Fritzner = Fritzner, Johan. 1883-96. Ordbog over det gamle norske sprog. 3 vols. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske forlagsforening. 4th edn. Rpt. 1973. Oslo etc.: Universitetsforlaget.
- Mork 1928-32 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1928-32. Morkinskinna. SUGNL 53. Copenhagen: Jørgensen.
- ÍF 26-8 = Heimskringla. Ed. Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson. 1941-51.
- ÍF 29 = Ágrip af Nóregskonunga sǫgum; Fagrskinna—Nóregs konungatal. Ed. Bjarni Einarsson. 1985.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Fagrskinna’ 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. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=56> (accessed 25 April 2024)
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Ingadrápa 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. 563-4.
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