Anon Pl 45^VII

Þá réð brims á brœðrum
blakkrennandi kenna,
skíðs at skreytendr réðu
skokks stórmennis þokka.
Þings lét þessa drengi
þráhvetjandi setja
sóknar fráns í sína
sveit, þás œzt vas teiti.

{{Brims blakk}rennandi} réð þá kenna á brœðrum at {skreytendr {skíðs skokks}} réðu þokka stórmennis. {Þráhvetjandi {þings {fráns sóknar}}} lét setja þessa drengi í sína sveit, þás vas œzt teiti.

{The driver {of the horse of the surf}} [(lit. ‘horse-driver of the surf’) SHIP > SEAFARER] then recognised in the brothers that {the adorners {of the ski of the deck-plank}} [SHIP > SEAFARERS] had the disposition of great men. {The eager inciter {of the assembly {of the serpent of attack}}} [SWORD > BATTLE > WARRIOR] had these men placed in his own company, which was foremost in high spirits.

Mss: 673b(4v)

Readings: [1] Þá réð: ‘[...]’ 673b, 673bÞH, ‘þa reþ’ 673bFJ    [3] skíðs at skreytendr: ‘[...]aeytendr’ 673b, 673bÞH, ‘sk[...]skr aeytendr’ 673bFJ    [4] þokka: ‘[...]ca’ 673b, ‘[...]’ 673bÞH, ‘þocka’ 673bFJ    [5] Þings: ‘þi[...]’ 673b, ‘[...]’ 673bÞH, ‘þings’ 673bFJ    [6] ‑hvetjandi: ‘‑hevetiande’ 673b;    setja: ‘[...]’ 673b, 673bÞH, ‘setia’ 673bFJ    [7] sína: ‘syna’ 673b    [8] þás: þá 673b;    teiti: ‘[...]i’ 673b, ‘[...]’ 673bÞH, ‘teiti’ 673bFJ

Editions: Skj AI, 615-16, Skj BI, 618, Skald I, 301, NN §§1255, 2493A, 2555; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1833, 29, 58, Finnur Jónsson 1887, 241, Jón Helgason 1932-3, 158-9, Louis-Jensen 1998, 115.

Notes: [1] þá réð kenna ‘then recognised’: Finnur Jónsson (1887) claimed to be able to read ‘þa reþ’, but in Skj A marked all but the last letter as unclear. — [3, 4] réðu þokka stórmennis ‘had the disposition of great men’: Reading suggested by Jón Helgason (1932-3, 159). — [3] skíðs ‘of the ski’: Emendation proposed by Lindquist 1928. — [5] þings ‘of the assembly’: While the transcripts of ÞH and HE could not make out any letters at this point, Sveinbjörn reconstructed the word on the basis of the alliteration and skothending. Finnur’s 1887 transcription, however, claims to read the whole word. — [8] þás vas œzt teiti ‘which was foremost in high spirits’: Reading suggested by Jón Helgason (1932-3, 159). — [8] þás ‘which’: Emendation proposed by Finnur Jónsson 1887.

References

1. Bibliography
2. Skj A = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15a. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. A: Tekst efter håndskrifterne. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1967. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
3. Sveinbjörn Egilsson, ed. 1833. Brot af Placidus-drápu. Bessastaðir: Helgi Helgason.
4. Jón Helgason. 1932-3. ‘Til skjaldedigtningen’. APS 7, 150-68.
5. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
6. NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
7. Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1887. ‘Plácítúsdrápa’. In Opuscula Philologica: Mindre Afhandlinger, 210-64.
8. Lindquist, Ivar. 1928. ‘En fornisländsk sjöterm skokkr’. In Brøndum-Nielsen et al. 1928, 385-94.
9. Louis-Jensen, Jonna, ed. 1998. ‘Plácitus drápa’. In Tucker 1998, 89-130.
10. Internal references
11. (forthcoming), ‘ Anonymous, Þorgils saga ok Hafliða’ in Guðrún Nordal (ed.), Poetry on Icelandic History. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 4. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=103> (accessed 3 May 2024)