ESk Hardr I 2II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Haraldsdrápa I 2’ 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. 543-4.
Átti sókn við sléttan
serkrjóðr Hôolfs, merki,
harðr, þars hregg of virðum,
Hléseyjar þrǫm, blésu.
Hús brann upp, en eisur,
ófátt, séa knátti
— malmr sǫng, en hlóð hilmir
hrækǫst — við ský gnæfa.
{Harðr {Hôolfs serk}rjóðr} átti sókn við sléttan þrǫm Hléseyjar, þars hregg blésu merki of virðum. Ófátt hús brann upp, en knátti séa eisur gnæfa við ský; malmr sǫng, en hilmir hlóð hrækǫst.
{The harsh colourer {of Hálfr’s <legendary king’s> shirt}} [(lit. ‘shirt-colourer of Hálfr’) BYRNIE > WARRIOR] had a battle by the level shore of Læsø, where the storms made banners billow above the men. Not a few houses burned up, and one could see fires towering against the clouds; steel sang, and the prince stacked up a corpse-pile.
Mss: Mork(32r) (Mork); FskBˣ(94v), 51ˣ(82v), FskAˣ(372) (Fsk, ll. 1-4); Kˣ(639v), F(69va), E(50v), J2ˣ(343r), 42ˣ(37r) (Hkr, ll. 1-4); H(117r), Hr(77ra) (H-Hr, ll. 1-4)
Readings: [1] Átti: ttuð all others; sókn við: blank space FskBˣ, ‘sol’ followed by blank space 51ˣ; sléttan: so FskAˣ, Kˣ, F, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, H, Hr, sléttu Mork, sléttan in a different hand 51ˣ [2] ‑rjóðr: ‑rjóðrs F; Hôolfs: blank space FskBˣ, 51ˣ, Hars Kˣ, F, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, H, Hr; merki: blank space FskBˣ, merki in a different hand 51ˣ [4] blésu: blank space FskBˣ, ‘bl’ in a different hand followed by a blank space 51ˣ
Editions: Skj AI, 457, Skj BI, 424-5, Skald I, 210; Mork 1867, 200, Mork 1928-32, 403, Andersson and Gade 2000, 365, 490 (MbHg); ÍF 29, 329 (ch. 96); ÍF 28, 296-7 (MbHg ch. 12), F 1871, 320, E 1916, 176-7; Fms 7, 196 (MbHg ch. 15).
Notes: [1] átti (3rd per. sg. pret. indic.) ‘had’: The variant ttuð (2nd pers. pl. pret. indic.) ‘you had’ (so all other mss), which has been adopted by most earlier eds, requires the subject to be treated as a form of address (see Note to st. 1/1). — [2] Hôolfs ‘of Hálfr’s <legendary king’s>’: Hars ‘of Hárr (i.e. of Óðinn)’ (so Hkr, H-Hr) is a possible variant and has been adopted by most earlier eds. — [4]: Læsø is located off the north-eastern coast of Jylland (Jutland), Denmark.
References
- Bibliography
- Fms = Sveinbjörn Egilsson et al., eds. 1825-37. Fornmanna sögur eptir gömlum handritum útgefnar að tilhlutun hins norræna fornfræða fèlags. 12 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Andersson, Theodore M. and Kari Ellen Gade, trans. 2000. Morkinskinna: The Earliest Icelandic Chronicle of the Norwegian Kings (1030-1157). Islandica 51. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press.
- Mork 1928-32 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1928-32. Morkinskinna. SUGNL 53. Copenhagen: Jørgensen.
- ÍF 26-8 = Heimskringla. Ed. Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson. 1941-51.
- F 1871 = Unger, C. R., ed. 1871. Fríssbók: Codex Frisianus. En samling af norske konge-sagaer. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
- E 1916 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1916. Eirspennill: AM 47 fol. Nóregs konunga sǫgur: Magnús góði – Hákon gamli. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske historiske kildeskriftskommission.
- ÍF 29 = Ágrip af Nóregskonunga sǫgum; Fagrskinna—Nóregs konungatal. Ed. Bjarni Einarsson. 1985.
- Mork 1867 = Unger, C. R., ed. 1867. Morkinskinna: Pergamentsbog fra første halvdel af det trettende aarhundrede. Indeholdende en af de ældste optegnelser af norske kongesagaer. Oslo: Bentzen.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Heimskringla’ 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, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=4> (accessed 19 April 2024)
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Hulda-Hrokkinskinna’ 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, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=84> (accessed 19 April 2024)
- (forthcoming), ‘ Heimskringla, Magnúss saga blinda ok Haralds gilla’ 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, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=145> (accessed 19 April 2024)
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