Ív Sig 28II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Ívarr Ingimundarson, Sigurðarbálkr 28’ 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. 518.
Mœtti síðan suðr við Byrðu
gramr gunnþorinn Glæsirófu.
Olli stillir Styrkárs bana;
bar benþiðurr blóðga vængi.
Gunnþorinn gramr mœtti síðan Glæsirófu suðr við Byrðu. Stillir olli bana Styrkárs; {benþiðurr} bar blóðga vængi.
The battle-brave lord then encountered Glæsirófa (‘Show-tail’) south near Børøya. The ruler caused Styrkárr’s death; {the wound-grouse} [RAVEN/EAGLE] bore bloody wings.
Mss: Mork(34r) (Mork)
Editions: Skj AI, 500, Skj BI, 472, Skald I, 232; Mork 1867, 215, Mork 1928-32, 426, Andersson and Gade 2000, 380, 493 (Sslemb).
Context: Sigurðr encountered Styrkárr glæsirófa south by Børøya and killed him.
Notes: [2] suðr við Byrðu ‘south near Børøya’: An island on the border between Namdalen and Nordmøre, Norway. — [6] bana Styrkárs ‘Styrkárr’s death’: Styrkárr glæsirófa ‘Show-tail’ is otherwise unknown. — [7] benþiðurr ‘the wound-grouse [RAVEN/EAGLE]’: For þiðurr ‘grouse’ see Note to Anon (HSig) 6/5.
References
- Bibliography
- 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.
- 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
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Haralds saga Sigurðarsonar 6’ 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. 819-20.
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