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Anon Nkt 19II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 19’ 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. 774.

Anonymous PoemsNóregs konungatal
181920

Missti lítt,
sús lǫgum stýrði,
rekka kind,
ráðs ins bezta,
þá es norðr
í Nóregi
kristinn mann
til konungs tóku.

Kind rekka, sús stýrði lǫgum, missti lítt ins bezta ráðs, þá es tóku kristinn mann til konungs norðr í Nóregi.

The offspring of heroes, who controlled the laws, little lacked the best counsel when they elected a Christian man king north in Norway.

Mss: Flat(144va)

Readings: [4] ráðs: ráð Flat

Editions: Skj AI, 582, Skj BI, 578-9, Skald I, 281; Flat 1860-8, II, 522.

Notes: [All]: Óláfr Tryggvason was elected king of Norway at a general assembly (allsherjarþing) in Trøndelag in 995. See ÓTHkr (ÍF 26, 299). — [1] missti lítt ‘little lacked’: I.e. ‘had the best’. One of several examples of litotes in Nkt (e.g. sts 29/5, 71/4). — [2] lǫgum ‘the laws’: Lǫg could also mean ‘law districts, conditions’ (see Fritzner: lǫg). The men who controlled the laws would be men with executive power. Cf. Sigv Berv 12/8 and Note. — [4] ráðs (n. gen. sg.) ‘counsel’: Ráð (nom./acc. sg.) has been emended to agree with the adj. ins bezta ‘the best’ (gen. sg.).

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. Fritzner = Fritzner, Johan. 1883-96. Ordbog over det gamle norske sprog. 3 vols. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske forlagsforening. 4th edn. Rpt. 1973. Oslo etc.: Universitetsforlaget.
  5. ÍF 26-8 = Heimskringla. Ed. Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson. 1941-51.
  6. Internal references
  7. Diana Whaley 2012, ‘(Biography of) Óláfr Tryggvason’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 383.
  8. Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘ Anonymous, Nóregs konungatal’ 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. 761-806. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1035> (accessed 28 March 2024)
  9. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Bersǫglisvísur 12’ 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. 23-4.
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