Bjbp Jóms 21^I

Hauðr frák Hákun verja
hart, svát eigi skorti;
Eirekr hefr eggjar
ótrauðr verit rjóða.
Ok sǫgðu þar ýtar
Ármóð vera síðan
— sá var greppr við gumna
glaðr — hǫfðingja inn þriðja.

Frák Hákun verja hauðr hart, svát eigi skorti; Eirekr hefr verit ótrauðr rjóða eggjar. Ok ýtar sǫgðu þar síðan Ármóð vera inn þriðja hǫfðingja; sá greppr var glaðr við gumna.

I have heard that Hákon defended the land hard, so that nothing was lacking; Eiríkr was not reluctant to redden sword-edges. And men said that Ármóðr was then the third commander there; that man was cheerful towards [his] men.

Mss: R(53v), 65ˣ(381v)

Readings: [3] hefr: ‘hef[…]’ R, ‘hetir’ 65ˣ, hefir RCP, RFJ    [4] rjóða: ‘[…]’ R, rjóða 65ˣ, RCP, RFJ    [5] Ok: ‘[…]’ R, ok 65ˣ, RCP, RFJ;    sǫgðu: ‘[…]avgðv’ R, lǫgðu 65ˣ, sǫgðu RCP, RFJ    [8] þriðja: ‘[…]iþia’ R, om. 65ˣ, ‘(þriþia)’(?) RCP, þriðja RFJ

Editions: Skj AII, 5, Skj BII, 5, Skald II, 3; Fms 11, 168-9, Fms 12, 244, Jvs 1879, 110-11.

Notes: [1] verja hauðr ‘defended the land’: The phrase verja hauðr (here part of an acc. with inf. construction) is repeated in st. 22/3. — [2] hart, svát eigi skorti ‘hard, so that nothing was lacking’: The line closely resembles ESk Lv 1/3^II. — [3] Eirekr hefr eggjar: The line has only five syllables. Reading the younger form hefir (as in RCP, RFJ) would supply an extra syllable, but hefr is the normal form in Jóms. — [4] ótrauðr ‘not reluctant’: The adj. is also found in sts 5/2 and 36/8. — [6] Ármóð ‘Ármóðr’: Ármóðr from Ǫnundarfjǫrðr and his son Árni are named among the leaders of the Norwegian army in Jvs 1879, 71. In ÓT, Ármóðr is described as a great champion, though this may derive from the poem (Ólafur Halldórsson 2000, 78), and he is not specifically named as a commander in Eiríkr jarl’s troop. See also st. 29 and Context on Ármóðr and his fate.

References

1. Bibliography
2. Fms = Sveinbjörn Egilsson et al., eds. 1825-37. Fornmanna sögur eptir gömlum handritum útgefnar að tilhlutun hins norræna fornfræða fèlags. 12 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
3. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
4. Jvs 1879 = Petersens, Carl af, ed. 1879. Jómsvíkinga saga (efter Cod. AM. 510, 4:to) samt Jómsvíkinga drápa. Lund: Gleerup.
5. Ólafur Halldórsson. 2000a. Danish Kings and the Jomsvikings in the Greatest Saga of Óláfr Tryggvason. London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
6. Internal references
7. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=60> (accessed 20 April 2024)
8. Emily Lethbridge 2012, ‘ Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 954. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1122> (accessed 20 April 2024)
9. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Lausavísur 1’ 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. 568-9.