ÞjóðA Magn 9II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Stanzas about Magnús Óláfsson in Danaveldi 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, p. 97.
Ôleifs ‘Óláfr’s’
kennings
Sonr Ôleifs‘Óláfr’s son ’
= Magnús
Óláfr’s son → Magnús
kennings
Sonr Ôleifs‘Óláfr’s son ’
= Magnús
Óláfr’s son → Magnús
áðan ‘previously’
upp ‘’
á ‘onto’
land ‘the land’
mann ‘great’
maðr (noun m.): man, person < manndýrð (noun f.): many qualities
[3] manndýrð: manna dýrð Hr
dýrð ‘splendour’
dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory < manndýrð (noun f.): many qualities
[3] manndýrð: manna dýrð Hr
Magnús ‘Magnús’
reiðr ‘angry’
af ‘from’
skeiðum ‘the ships’
Snarr ‘The bold’
bað ‘bade’
[5] bað: bauð E, J2ˣ
hilmir ‘ruler’
herja ‘go ravaging’
skark ‘tumult’
[6] hérs skark (‘her er scark’): ‘her er scarð’ J2ˣ, ‘hark vox’ H, Hr
í ‘in’
notes
[6] í Danmǫrku ‘in Denmark’: This is here taken with herja ‘go ravaging’ in l. 1 (so also Kock in Skald and NN §855; ÍF 28 and Hkr 1991). This leaves hérs skark ‘there is tumult here’ as a complete cl. Finnur Jónsson in Skj B and Hkr 1893-1901 reads herja with of Skáney (see note on l. 8) and hérs skark with í Danmǫrku, hence ‘there is tumult here in Denmark’, which is also possible.
Danmǫrku ‘Denmark’
notes
[6] í Danmǫrku ‘in Denmark’: This is here taken with herja ‘go ravaging’ in l. 1 (so also Kock in Skald and NN §855; ÍF 28 and Hkr 1991). This leaves hérs skark ‘there is tumult here’ as a complete cl. Finnur Jónsson in Skj B and Hkr 1893-1901 reads herja with of Skáney (see note on l. 8) and hérs skark with í Danmǫrku, hence ‘there is tumult here in Denmark’, which is also possible.
fleygir ‘charges’
hauga ‘the hills’
hestr ‘the horse’
of ‘across’
notes
[8] of Skáney ‘across Skåne’: (a) This is here assumed to belong with the cl. in ll. 7-8 in which it is embedded. The coupling of of Skáney with of hauga ‘across the hills’ (l. 7) creates a slight overload of adverbials, but is not problematic. (b) Of Skáney could alternatively be taken with herja ‘ravage’ in l. 1 (so Skj B), but since this is not necessary, and assumes rather extreme fragmentation of l. 8, it seems doubtful whether audiences would have perceived it that way. As so often, these questions may be slightly artificial in that í Danmǫrku and of Skáney qualify the whole helmingr.
notes
[8] of Skáney ‘across Skåne’: (a) This is here assumed to belong with the cl. in ll. 7-8 in which it is embedded. The coupling of of Skáney with of hauga ‘across the hills’ (l. 7) creates a slight overload of adverbials, but is not problematic. (b) Of Skáney could alternatively be taken with herja ‘ravage’ in l. 1 (so Skj B), but since this is not necessary, and assumes rather extreme fragmentation of l. 8, it seems doubtful whether audiences would have perceived it that way. As so often, these questions may be slightly artificial in that í Danmǫrku and of Skáney qualify the whole helmingr.
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Magnús and company pursue Sveinn and his surviving troops far up into Skåne (Skáney), with little resistance from Sveinn’s men or the local farmers.
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