Arn Magndr 17^II

Svik réð eigi eklu
allvaldr Dǫnum gjalda;
lét fullhugaðr falla
Falstrbyggva lið tyggi.
Hlóð, en hôla tœðu
hirðmenn ara grenni,
auðar þorn fyr ǫrnu
ungr valkǫstu þunga.

Allvaldr réð eigi gjalda Dǫnum svik eklu; fullhugaðr tyggi lét lið Falstrbyggva falla. {Ungr þorn auðar} hlóð þunga valkǫstu fyr ǫrnu, en hirðmenn tœðu {grenni ara} hôla.

The mighty ruler did not repay the Danes for their deceit meagrely; the high-mettled prince made the troop of Falster-dwellers fall. {The young thorn-tree of treasure} [MAN] piled up heavy heaps of slain for eagles, and retainers served {the feeder of the eagle} [WARRIOR] excellently.

Mss: Kˣ(518v), 39(18ra), F(41va), E(9r-v), J2ˣ(255v) (Hkr); FskBˣ(59r), FskAˣ(224) (Fsk, ll. 1-4); H(12v), Hr(11rb) (H-Hr); Flat(191vb) (Flat, ll. 1-4); R(33v), Tˣ(35r), W(77), U(32v), A(10v), C(5r) (SnE, ll. 5-8); 2368ˣ(115) (LaufE)

Readings: [1] eigi: eigi af F;    eklu: so all others, ‘ecko’ Kˣ    [4] Falstr‑: ‘flastr’ Hr;    ‑byggva: byggja FskBˣ, H, Flat;    tyggi: tyggja Flat    [5] Hlóð: ‘hl[...]’ U;    en: er E, J2ˣ;    hôla: hæla H, harðla C;    tœðu: ‘taðo’ 39, ‘tiaðo’ F, téðu E, J2ˣ, R, Tˣ, W, 2368ˣ, ‘tyþo’ U    [6] ara: arn‑ R, ‘a[...]’ W;    grenni: ‘grænni’ E, U    [7] auðar: auða H;    ǫrnu: ǫrnum Hr, W, 2368ˣ, ǫnnum C    [8] ungr: ‘v[...]’ U;    valkǫstu: ‘valkos[...]’ U;    þunga: þungu Tˣ, ‘[...]unga’ U

Editions: Skj AI, 342-3, Skj BI, 315, Skald I, 160; Hkr 1893-1901, III, 68, ÍF 28, 62, Hkr 1991, 597 (Mgóð ch. 34), F 1871, 190, E 1916, 31; Fsk 1902-3, 215 (ch. 42), ÍF 29, 225 (ch. 50); Fms 6, 89 (Mgóð ch. 41), Fms 12, 139; Flat 1860-8, III, 285, Andersson and Gade 2000, 126, 471 (MH); SnE 1848-87, I, 416-17, II, 326, 437, 586, SnE 1931, 148, SnE 1998, I, 66; LaufE 1979, 374; Whaley 1998, 214-15.

Context: In Hkr, Fsk, Flat and H-Hr it is mentioned that Magnús next turned south (on Fsk Aˣ, see Note to st. 16 [All]). Hkr and H-Hr specify that he went to Falster (Falstr) on a punitive expedition against Sveinn’s supporters. In SnE (and LaufE), st. 17/5-8 is quoted in the same context as st. 12/5-8; the illustrative man-kenning is þorn auðar ‘thorn-tree of treasure’.

Notes: [1] eklu ‘meagrely’: Lit. ‘with dearth, lack’. This, the reading of all mss except Kˣ, is the first record of the noun ekla f. in ON poetry, apart from the title Vellekla ‘Lack of wealth’ (Eskál Vell^I) which is presumably as old as the (late C10th) poem. The only other occurrence cited in LP is the C13th Innsteinn Innkv 10/3^VIII af eklu ‘sparingly’, and cf. eklaust ‘profusely’, Anon Pl 57/3^VII.

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