Anon Nkt 63II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 63’ 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. 799-800.
Vas sókndjarfr
sonr Kristínar
sjautján vetr
ok sex konungr,
unz ágætr
austr í Sogni
frœkinn gram*
felldi Sverrir.
{Sókndjarfr sonr Kristínar} vas konungr sjautján vetr ok sex, unz ágætr Sverrir felldi frœkinn gram* austr í Sogni.
{The battle-brave son of Kristín} [= Magnús] was king for seventeen years and six, until renowned Sverrir killed the bold ruler east in Sogn.
Mss: Flat(144vb)
Readings: [2] sonr: son Flat [4] ok sex: í samt Flat [6] austr: aust Flat [7] gram*: gramr Flat
Editions: Skj AI, 588, Skj BI, 587, Skald I, 286; Flat 1860-8, II, 527.
Notes: [All]: Magnús Erlingsson fell at the battle of Fimreite, Sogn, against Sverrir Sigurðarson on 15 June 1184. See ÍF 30, 135-54. — [2] sonr ‘son’: For this emendation, see Note to st. 16/9 above. — [4] ok sex ‘and six’: The ms. reading (í samt ‘altogether’) is corrupt because Magnús Erlingsson ruled Norway for twenty-three years (1161-84). It could be that the scribe misread the abbreviation for ok ‘and’ as <i> and then tried to make sense of the l. The emendation is in keeping with earlier eds. — [7] frœkinn (m. acc. sg.) ‘bold’: For this form, see Note to st. 58/3. — [7] gram* ‘ruler’: The emendation to gram (m. acc. sg.) ‘ruler’ is necessary because the noun is the object of the cl.
References
- Bibliography
- 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.
- ÍF 30 = Sverris saga. Ed. Þorleifur Hauksson. 2007.
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