Anon Nkt 21II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 21’ 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. 775.
Vas Óláfr
alls at landi
fimm at eins
faðmis galla,
áðr Eirekr
með ofrliði
ræsi þann
rómu beiddi.
Óláfr vas at landi alls at eins {fimm galla faðmis}, áðr Eirekr, með ofrliði, beiddi þann ræsi rómu.
Óláfr was [king] in the country altogether only {five destructions of the snake} [WINTERS] before Eiríkr, with an overwhelming host, offered that ruler battle.
Mss: Flat(144va)
Readings: [4] faðmis: ‘fadmnis’ or ‘fadmins’ Flat
Editions: Skj AI, 582, Skj BI, 579, Skald I, 281; Flat 1860-8, II, 522.
Notes: [All]: Óláfr Tryggvason ruled Norway 995-1000 (or 994-9; see Ólafía Einarsdóttir 1964, 174, 176-8). — [4] faðmis (m. gen. sg.) ‘snake’: Skj B and Skald emend ‘fadmnis’ (or ‘fadmins’; the word is difficult to read) to Fáfnis ‘Fáfnir’s’, i.e. the snake killed by Sigurðr the Dragon-slayer (see Fáfn in NK 180-8). In LP (faðmins) Finnur Jónsson regards ‘faðmins’ as a scribal error for faðmnis (gen. of faðmnir). Fáfnir and faðmir are variant forms of Proto-Scandinavian *faðmnir ‘snake’ (lit. ‘the one who encloses’; see AEW: faðmr), and the variant form faðmir also occurs in Háttalykill (RvHbreiðm Hl 7/3III and 47/3III). — [5] Eirekr ‘Eiríkr’: Eiríkr jarl Hákonarson (see sts 22-4), the son of Hákon jarl (see sts 17-18).
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
- 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.
- 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.
- NK = Neckel, Gustav and Hans Kuhn (1899), eds. 1983. Edda: Die Lieder des Codex Regius nebst verwandten Denkmälern. 2 vols. I: Text. 5th edn. Heidelberg: Winter.
- Internal references
- 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.
- Not published: do not cite ()
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 7’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1015.
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