Anon Nkt 70II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 70’ 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. 803-4.
Nú vill kapp*
við konungsfrænda
afreksmaðr
engi deila.
Giptudrjúgr,
sem glíkligt es,
verðr vinsæll
vella deilir.
Nú vill engi afreksmaðr deila kapp* við konungsfrænda. {Vinsæll deilir vella} verðr giptudrjúgr, sem es glíkligt.
Now no outstanding man wishes to try his courage against the king’s kinsman. {The popular distributor of pure gold} [GENEROUS MAN] becomes lasting in good luck, as is likely.
Mss: Flat(144vb)
Readings: [1] kapp*: kappi Flat [6] glíkligt: glíkt Flat
Editions: Skj AI, 589, Skj BI, 589, Skald I, 287; Flat 1860-8, II, 528.
Notes: [1] kapp* (n. acc. sg.) ‘courage’: The verb deila ‘try, test’ (l. 4) takes the dat. in the construction deila kappi við e-n ‘try one’s courage against sby’ (see Fritzner: kapp). However, it can also take the acc. (see Fritzner: deila 5), and the emendation (following Skj B and Skald) preserves the trisyllabic structure of the kviðuháttr odd l. — [6] glíkligt ‘likely’: Flat reads glíkt ‘like’ which is hypometrical and makes no sense in the present context.
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.
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