Stúfr Stúfdr 3^II

Stóðu rôð af reiði
(rann þat svikamǫnnum)
Egða grams á ýmsum
(orð) Jórðánar borðum.
Enn fyr afgerð sanna
— illa gat frá stilli —
þjóð fekk vísan váða.
Vist of aldr með Kristi.

Rôð {grams Egða} stóðu af reiði á ýmsum borðum Jórðánar; þat orð rann svikamǫnnum. Enn þjóð fekk vísan váða fyr sanna afgerð; gat illa frá stilli. …Vist of aldr með Kristi….

The powers {of the prince of the Egðir} [NORWEGIAN KING = Haraldr] prevailed in wrath on both banks of the River Jordan; that news put an end to the traitors. And people got inevitable punishment for proven crimes; they were in dire straits because of the ruler. …Residence forever with Christ….

Mss: Mork(2v) (Mork); Hr(20ra) (H-Hr); FskBˣ(63r), FskAˣ(237) (ll. 1-4) (Fsk); Kˣ(529r), 39(20va), F(43rb), E(12r), J2ˣ(261v-262r) (Hkr)

Readings: [1] Stóðu: Stóðusk Kˣ, 39, F, E, J2ˣ;    af: ok Kˣ, 39, F, E, J2ˣ    [2] svikamǫnnum: svikum manna Kˣ, 39, F, E, J2ˣ    [3] ýmsum: ýmsi FskBˣ    [4] borðum: borði FskBˣ    [6] gat: so FskBˣ, ‘gatt’ Mork, Hr, hátt Kˣ, J2ˣ, gát 39, F, galt E

Editions: Skj AI, 404, Skj BI, 373-4, Skald I, 186; Mork 1867, 11-12, Mork 1928-32, 78-9, Andersson and Gade 2000, 144, 472 (MH); Fms 6, 162 (HSig ch. 11); ÍF 29, 234 (ch. 51); ÍF 28, 84 (HSig ch. 12), F 1871, 200, E 1916, 41.

Context: Haraldr secured the road to the River Jordan, killing robbers and other perpetrators of violence.

Notes: [1-4]: The Hkr versions give the following reading of the first helmingr: rð ok reiði grams Egða stóðusk á ýmsum borðum Jórðánar; þat orð rann svikum manna ‘the powers and the wrath of the prince of the Egðir prevailed on both banks of the River Jordan; that news put an end to the treason of men’. Adopting the Hkr readings, Skj B takes reiði ‘wrath’ (l. 1) as the first element of a cpd reiðiorð ‘words of wrath’ (‘the powers and the words of wrath of the prince of the Egðir prevailed on both banks of the River Jordan; that put an end to the treason of men’). — [2] rann ‘put an end to’: For this meaning of rinna (rann 3rd pers. sg. pret. indic.), see LP: rinna 12. — [6] gat illa ‘were in dire straits’: Lit. ‘got [it] harshly’. Gat (3rd pers. sg. pret. indic. of geta ‘get, obtain’), with the understood subject þjóð ‘people’ (l. 7) (so also Skj B; Skald; Andersson and Gade 2000). Other eds (ÍF 28; ÍF 29) give illa gt as ‘insubordination’ as a parallel construction to fyr sanna afgerð, illa gt ‘for proven crimes [and] insubordination’ (ll. 5-6). However, the ModIcel. noun gát ‘heed, attention’ is not attested in ON. — [8]: For this part of the klofastef, see Note to st. 2/8 above.

References

1. Bibliography
2. Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
3. Fms = Sveinbjörn Egilsson et al., eds. 1825-37. Fornmanna sögur eptir gömlum handritum útgefnar að tilhlutun hins norræna fornfræða fèlags. 12 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
4. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
5. LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.
6. 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.
7. Mork 1928-32 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1928-32. Morkinskinna. SUGNL 53. Copenhagen: Jørgensen.
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.
10. E 1916 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1916. Eirspennill: AM 47 fol. Nóregs konunga sǫgur: Magnús góði – Hákon gamli. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske historiske kildeskriftskommission.
11. ÍF 29 = Ágrip af Nóregskonunga sǫgum; Fagrskinna—Nóregs konungatal. Ed. Bjarni Einarsson. 1985.
12. 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.
13. Internal references
14. (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 20 April 2024)
15. (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 20 April 2024)
16. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, 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, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=147> (accessed 20 April 2024)