Sturl Hrafn 9II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hrafnsmál 9’ 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. 734-5.
Gengu geðstrangir
gætis vegmæta
sárs of Sátíri
sunnan logrunnar.
Söddu svartklædda
sóknar dynhróka
bragnar byrgegnir
brands á Skotlandi.
{Geðstrangir {sárs log}runnar} {gætis vegmæta} gengu sunnan of Sátíri. Bragnar, {brands byr}gegnir, söddu {svartklædda dynhróka sóknar} á Skotlandi.
{The mind-strong bushes {of the wound’s flame}} [(lit. ‘flame-bushes of the wound’) SWORD > WARRIORS] {of the keeper of glorious treasures} [KING] went from the south across Kintyre. The men, reliable {in the fair wind of the sword} [(lit. ‘fair-wind reliable of the sword’) BATTLE], sated {black-coated din-cormorants of battle} [RAVENS] in Scotland.
Mss: F(122va), 8(78r), 325X(11ra), Flat(185va) (Hák)
Readings: [2] gætis: geitis Flat; ‑mæta: meita Flat [6] sóknar: snóka Flat; ‑hróka: bróka F, ‑króka 8, Flat, flóka 325X [7] ‑gegnir: ‑gegnis 8, ‘egnís’ Flat [8] á: í 325X
Editions: Skj AII, 121, Skj BII, 128-9, Skald II, 69; F 1871, 574, Hák 1977-82, 197, Flat 1860-8, III, 222.
Context: Hákon had earlier sent fifty ships to the isthmus of Kintyre, where his men burned and pillaged until he ordered them to stop. They then sailed to Gigha and joined him there.
Notes: [2] vegmæta ‘of glorious treasures’: Hap. leg. See also Note to st. 4/4 above. — [3] Sátíri ‘Kintyre’: For this ON p. n., see Note to Bkrepp Magndr 9/1. — [6] dynhróka ‘din-cormorants’: The ms. variants (bróka ‘of trousers’ (so F), króka ‘hooks’ (so 8, Flat) and flóka ‘fish, felt, knot, tangle’ (so 325X)) make no sense in the context. The emendation is in keeping with earlier eds. Hrókr is a type of cormorant (Phalacrocorax artistotelis). For dyn- ‘din-’ in this cpd, see Note to st. 1/3-4 above. — [7] byrgegnir ‘fair-wind reliable’: Hap. leg.
References
- Bibliography
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- 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.
- F 1871 = Unger, C. R., ed. 1871. Fríssbók: Codex Frisianus. En samling af norske konge-sagaer. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
- 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.
- Internal references
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Bjǫrn krepphendi, Magnússdrápa 9’ 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. 402-3.
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