Sigv Berv 18II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Bersǫglisvísur 18’ 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. 30.
Lát auman nú njóta,
Nóregs, ok gef stórum,
— môl halt * — svá sem sælan,
sinjórr, laga þinna.
{Sinjórr Nóregs}, lát auman svá sem sælan nú njóta laga þinna, ok gef stórum; halt * môl.
{Seigneur of Norway} [= Magnús], let the poor as well as the prosperous now enjoy your laws, and give lavishly; keep your promises.
Mss: R(39r), Tˣ(41r), B(7r), 744ˣ(46v), C(8v), R(40r) (ll. 1-2), Tˣ(42r), A(15v) (l. 1), C(9v) (l. 1) (SnE)
Readings: [1] Lát: ‘[...]t’ B, ‘Lat’ 744ˣ; nú njóta: ‘n. n.’ C(9v); nú: þú B [2] gef stórum: ‘g[...]’ R(40r) [3] môl: ‘ma[...]’ B, ‘ma’ 744ˣ; halt *: halt ek R(39r), Tˣ(41r), ‘[...]lt ek’ B, ‘hallt ek’ 744ˣ, ml helt ek C(8v), ml helt Tˣ(42r); svá sem sælan: svá sælan B, nú sem sælan C(8v), sem sælan Tˣ(42r)
Editions: Skj AI, 256, Skj BI, 238, Skald I, 123; SnE 1848-87, I, 514-15, 528-9, II, 463, 545, 605, 609, SnE 1931, 180, 185, SnE 1998, I, 100, 105; Jón Skaptason 1983, 152, 296.
Context: In SnE (Skm), sinjórr ‘seigneur’ is given as an ókennt nafn ‘noun without periphrasis’ for ‘ruler’.
Notes: [All]: Because B is damaged and difficult to read, 744ˣ (AM 744 4°ˣ) has been used selectively. — [4] sinjórr ‘seigneur’: This is the ON variant of OFr. seignor ‘lord’. The word is first used by Sigvatr here and in ErfÓl 8/4I (synjórr), and he was most likely the one who introduced the term into ON (Bugge 1875, 232). See also Sigvatr’s use of greifar ‘counts’ in st. 14/8 above.
References
- Bibliography
- SnE 1848-87 = Snorri Sturluson. 1848-87. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar: Edda Snorronis Sturlaei. Ed. Jón Sigurðsson et al. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Legatum Arnamagnaeanum. Rpt. Osnabrück: Zeller, 1966.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Bugge, Sophus. 1875. ‘Biskop Bjarne Kolbeinssøn og Snorres Edda’. ÅNOH, 209-46.
- SnE 1931 = Snorri Sturluson. 1931. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar. Ed. Finnur Jónsson. Copenhagen: Gyldendal.
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Jón Skaptason. 1983. ‘Material for an Edition and Translation of the Poems of Sigvat Þórðarson, skáld’. Ph.D. thesis. State University of New York at Stony Brook. DAI 44: 3681A.
- Internal references
- Edith Marold 2017, ‘Snorra Edda (Prologue, Gylfaginning, Skáldskaparmál)’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols [check printed volume for citation].
- (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=112> (accessed 23 April 2024)
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