Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 25’ 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. 718.
Sú kom gipt
af guðs syni
yfir Hákon
heilli góðu,
er allvald
öflgrar kristni
fyrirmaðr
til friðar vígði,
ok geðstórr
á grams höfuð
konungligt
kórónu lét
kappsnúinn
karðináli
í Björgyn
at boði páfa.
Sú gipt kom góðu heilli yfir Hákon af {syni guðs}, er {fyrirmaðr öflgrar kristni} vígði allvald til friðar, ok geðstórr, kappsnúinn karðináli lét kórónu á konungligt höfuð grams í Björgyn at boði páfa.
That luck came by good fortune upon Hákon from {the son of God} [= Christ], when {the leading man of powerful Christianity} [= William] consecrated the mighty ruler for peace, and the proud, vigorous cardinal placed the crown on the royal head of the prince in Bergen at the Pope’s bidding.
Mss: E(182v), F(114ra), 42ˣ(172r), 81a(113vb), 8(61v-62r), Flat(180va) (Hák)
Readings: [1] Sú kom: Aukin Flat; gipt: so 42ˣ, 8, Flat, gipta E, F, 81a [3] Hákon: Hákoni Flat [4] heilli: so all others, helli E [5] er: om. 81a; ‑vald: so F, 81a, Flat, ‑valdr E, 42ˣ, 8 [6] öflgrar: öflgar 42ˣ, 81a; kristni: om. 8 [8] vígði: vígðu 42ˣ, hafði 8 [9] geð‑: gekk 42ˣ; ‑stórr: ‑stórt F, Flat, ‑stór 42ˣ, 81a [11] ‑ligt: ‑sins 81a, ‑liga 8 [13] kappsnúinn: so 8, ok kom kappsnúinn E, 81a, þá kom kappsnúinn F, ok kom kapps numin 42ˣ, kom kappsnúinn Flat [14] karðináli: karðinális 42ˣ [15] ‑gyn: ‑vin F, 81a
Editions: Skj AII, 115-16, Skj BII, 123-4, Skald II, 66; E 1916, 622, F 1871, 531, Hák 1910-86, 598, Hák 1977-82, 143, Flat 1860-8, III, 170.
Context: On 29 July 1247, Hákon was crowned king of Norway by the papal legate William of Sabina. The coronation took place in Kristkirken in Bergen.
Notes: [All]: See also Sturl Hryn 1. — [1] gipt ‘luck’: Gipta ‘luck’ (so E, F, 81a) makes the l. hypermetrical. — [4] góðu heilli ‘by good fortune’: See sts 3/4 and 34/6. — [14] karðináli ‘cardinal’: William of Sabina had been on a papal mission to Henry III of England, and he arrived in Norway in July of 1247. From Norway he proceeded to Sweden to visit the court of King Eiríkr Eiríksson. — [15]: The l. echoes Anon Nkt 55/11. — [16] at boði páfa ‘at the Pope’s bidding’: In November 1246, Pope Innocent IV granted Hákon dispensation to be crowned king of Norway (Hákon was the illegitimate son of Hákon Sverrisson and Inga of Varteig).
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