Bjbp Jóms 32I
Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 32’ 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. 987.
text and translation
Þá frák él it illa
œða Hǫlgabrúði;
glumði hagl á hlífum
harða grimt ór norðri,
þar er í ormfrán augu
ýtum skýja grjóti
— því knátti ben blása —
barði hreggi keyrðu.
Þá frák Hǫlgabrúði œða it illa él; harða grimt hagl ór norðri glumði á hlífum, þar er {grjóti skýja}, keyrðu hreggi, barði í ormfrán augu ýtum; því knátti ben blása.
‘Then I have heard Hǫlgi’s bride [= Þorgerðr] stirred up the terrible blizzard; very cruel hail from the north resounded on shields, where the gravel of clouds [HAIL], driven by the storm, beat in the snake-flashing eyes of men; therefore wounds swelled. ’
notes and context
Hákon boards his ship again and rejoins the fray; he incites his troop and tells them that victory is assured. A great storm blows up against the Jómsvíkingar.
readings
- [2] œða: œðask all others
- [2] Hǫlga‑: haulda 53, 54, Bb
- [2] ‑brúði: brúðar all others
- [3] hlífum: hjálmum all others
- [4] harða: harðla 53, Bb, ‘hadla’ 54
- [5] þar er: þá er 53
- [6] grjóti: gráti Bb
- [7] því: þá 54, Bb
- [7] knátti: náði all others
sources
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
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GKS 2367 4° (R) — 54r/19 - 54r/20
imagesÞa fra ek el hit illa æþa havlga brvþi glvmþi hagl ahlifvm harþa grimt or norþri þar | er iormfran avgv ytvm skya grioti þvi knatti ben blasa barþi hreɢi keyrþv. |
(DW)
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AM 61 fol (61) — 20ra/13 - 20ra/15
images -
AM 53 fol (53) — 16va/8 - 16va/11
Þá frák él it illa
images
œða hauldabrúði;
glumði hagl á hlífum
harðla grimt ór norðri,
þá er í ormfrán augu
ýtum skýja grjóti
— því knátti ben blása —
barði hreggi keyrðu. -
AM 54 fol (54) — 16rb/30 - 16rb/33
Þá frák él it illa
images
œða hauldabrúði;
glumði hagl á hlífum
†hadla† grimt ór norðri,
þar er í ormfrán augu
ýtum skýja grjóti
— þá knátti ben blása —
barði hreggi keyrðu. -
Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 26vb/7 - 26vb/10
Þá frák él it illa
images
œða hauldabrúði;
glumði hagl á hlífum
harðla grimt ór norðri,
þar er í ormfrán augu
ýtum skýja gráti
— þá knátti ben blása —
barði hreggi keyrðu.
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