Okík Magn 2^II

Felldu menn, þás mildan,
mǫrg tôr, í grǫf bôru
(þung byrðr vas sú) þengil
(þeim, es hann gaf seima).
Deildisk hugr, svát heldu
húskarlar grams varla
— siklings þjóð en síðan
sat opt hnipin — vatni.

Menn felldu mǫrg tôr, þás bôru mildan þengil í grǫf; sú vas þung byrðr þeim, es hann gaf seima. Hugr deildisk, svát húskarlar grams heldu varla vatni, en opt síðan sat þjóð siklings hnipin.

Men shed many tears when they carried the generous lord to his grave; that was a heavy burden for those to whom he gave gold. The mind was in turmoil, so that the ruler’s housecarls could hardly refrain from weeping, and often thereafter the prince’s people sat drooping.

Mss: Kˣ(539v), 39(23ra), F(45rb), E(15r), J2ˣ(268v) (Hkr); FskAˣ(259) (Fsk); H(41r), Hr(29va) (H-Hr); Flat(197rb) (Flat)

Readings: [2] í grǫf: jǫfur E    [3] þung byrðr: þing byrðar FskAˣ;    þengil: þengill FskAˣ    [4] gaf: gat H    [5] heldu: heldusk Flat    [7] siklings: siglings FskAˣ    [8] sat: satt FskAˣ

Editions: Skj AI, 355, Skj BI, 327, Skald I, 165; ÍF 28, 106 (HSig ch. 28), F 1871, 209-10, E 1916, 52-3; ÍF 29, 249 (ch. 54); Fms 6, 236 (HSig ch. 41); Flat 1860-8, III, 334, Mork 1928-32, 147, Andersson and Gade 2000, 186-7, 475 (MH).

Context: The st. describes people’s grief at Magnús’s burial in Trondheim in 1047.

Notes: [All]: Magnús Óláfsson was buried in Klemenskirken (Clemenskirkja, the Church of S. Clement) in Trondheim. See also Anon (MH) Lv, Anon Nkt 34-5 and ÞjóðA Lv 1. For a similar display of public emotion at the death of a ruler, see Sturl Hákfl 11. — [6] húskarlar ‘housecarls’: The term húskarl (cf. OE hūsceorl) initially denoted men in a king’s or a nobleman’s service (bodyguards) on a par with retainers, but it was later used about domestics of a lesser distinction (see Fritzner: húskarl). See also Hharð Lv 6/8, ÞjóðA Magnfl 12/8 and Anon (MErl) l. 4.

References

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5. Flat 1860-8 = Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and C. R. Unger, eds. 1860-8. Flateyjarbók. En samling af norske konge-sagaer med indskudte mindre fortællinger om begivenheder i og udenfor Norge samt annaler. 3 vols. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
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8. ÍF 26-8 = Heimskringla. Ed. Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson. 1941-51.
9. F 1871 = Unger, C. R., ed. 1871. Fríssbók: Codex Frisianus. En samling af norske konge-sagaer. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
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11. ÍF 29 = Ágrip af Nóregskonunga sǫgum; Fagrskinna—Nóregs konungatal. Ed. Bjarni Einarsson. 1985.
12. Internal references
13. (forthcoming), ‘ Heimskringla, Haralds saga Sigurðssonar’ 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=142> (accessed 10 May 2024)
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15. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 34’ 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. 783.
16. Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘ Anonymous, Lausavísa from Magnúss saga góða ok Haralds harðráða’ 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. 813-14. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3086> (accessed 10 May 2024)
17. Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘ Anonymous, Lausavísa from Magnúss saga Erlingssonar’ 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. 840-1. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3091> (accessed 10 May 2024)
18. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 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. 47-8.
19. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarflokkr 11’ 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. 755.
20. Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Magnússflokkr 12’ 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. 78-80.
21. Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, 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, p. 165.