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Sturl Hrafn 10II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hrafnsmál 10’ 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. 735-6.

Sturla ÞórðarsonHrafnsmál
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Ferð vann friðskerðis
fræg ok óvægin
Bót af baugnjótum
breiða guðleiðum.
Hreyfðiz hjörklufðu
hrafn of valtafni
— fellu fjandr stillis —
fleygr í Suðreyjum.

Fræg ok óvægin ferð {friðskerðis} vann breiða Bót af {guðleiðum baugnjótum}. Fleygr hrafn hreyfðiz of {hjörklufðu valtafni} í Suðreyjum; fjandr stillis fellu.

The famous and unsparing troop {of the peace-diminisher} [WARRIOR] captured broad Bute from {the godforsaken ring-users} [GENEROUS MEN]. The flying raven gloated above {the sword-cloven slaughter-food} [CORPSES] in the Hebrides; the ruler’s enemies fell.

Mss: F(122va), 8(78r-v), 325X(11rb), Flat(185va) (Hák)

Readings: [3] Bót: baug 8, brjót Flat    [5] Hreyfðiz: so 8, 325X, ‘hræfþíz’ F, hreyfðu Flat;    ‑klufðu: ‘kleyfðan’ F, ‑klyfðan 8, Flat, ‑klufðan 325X    [6] of: so 8, 325X, á Flat, af Flat;    valtafni: ‘v[…]tafní’ 325X    [8] fleygr: so 8, 325X, fleygs F, flýgr Flat

Editions: Skj AII, 121-2, Skj BII, 129, Skald II, 69; F 1871, 574, Hák 1977-82, 197, Flat 1860-8, III, 222.

Context: Hákon’s men captured a stronghold in Bute, and the island was placed under Hákon’s protection.

Notes: [3] Bót ‘Bute’: Island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, northeast of Kintyre and Arran, and not part of the Hebrides politically. — [3] baugnjótum ‘ring-users [GENEROUS MEN]’: See st. 13/3 below. — [5] hreyfðiz ‘gloated’: Lit. ‘puffed itself up’. — [5] hjörklufðu (n. dat. sg.) ‘sword-cloven’: All mss give a form of the adj. in the m. acc. sg., but n. dat. sg. is required by the syntax (the adj. qualifies valtafni (n. dat. sg.) ‘slaughter-food’ (l. 6)). Klufð- (so 325X) is the p. p. of the verb klyfja ‘cleave’ and klyfð- (so 8, Flat) the p. p. of klyfja ‘fasten a pack to an animal’. Kleyfð- (so F) is not an ON word. — [8] fleygr (m. nom. sg.) ‘flying’: Lit. ‘capable of flying’ (so 8, 325X). Fleygs (m. gen. sg.) (so F) is ungrammatical (the adj. qualifies hrafn (m. nom. sg.) ‘raven’ (l. 5)).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
  3. 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.
  4. F 1871 = Unger, C. R., ed. 1871. Fríssbók: Codex Frisianus. En samling af norske konge-sagaer. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
  5. Hák 1977-82 = Mundt, Marina, ed. 1977. Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar etter Sth. 8 fol., AM 325VIII, 4° og AM 304, 4°. Oslo: Forlagsentralen. Suppl. by James E. Knirk, Rettelser til Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar etter Sth. 8 fol., AM 325VIII, 4° og AM 304, 4°. Norrøne tekster 2. Oslo: Norsk historisk kjeldeskrift-institutt, 1982.
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