Mgóð Lv 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Magnús inn góði Óláfsson, Lausavísur 1’ 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. 5-6.
text and translation
Enn, þótt héti Hvinngestr faðir minn,
gerði eigi sá garð of hestreðr,
sem Sigurðr sýr; sá vas þinn faðir!
Enn, þótt faðir minn héti Hvinngestr, gerði sá eigi garð of hestreðr sem Sigurðr sýr; sá vas þinn faðir!
‘Yet, even though my father was called Hvinngestr (‘Thief-guest’), he never put a fence around horse-phalli like Sigurðr sýr (‘Sow’); he was your father!’
notes and context
The st. was composed by Magnús and recited by his half-brother, Þórir, in response to a taunting lv. by Haraldr harðráði (Hharð Lv 3).
[3]: The H, Hr variants are hypermetrical. Skj B and Skald emend to gerði hann aldri lit. ‘did he never’. — [4] hestreðr ‘horse-phalli’: This n. noun could be either acc. pl. or sg.
readings
- [3] gerði eigi sá: so Mork, Flat, þá gerði hann aldri H, þá gerði hann þó aldri Hr
- [5] sýr: so Mork, Flat, sýrr H, Hr
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.
-
AM 66 fol (H) — 32v/17 - 32v/17
Enn, þótt héti
images
Hvinngestr faðir minn,
þá gerði hann aldri
garð of hestreðr,
sem Sigurðr sýrr;
sá vas þinn faðir! -
GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 23vb/9 - 23vb/9
Enn, þótt héti
images
Hvinngestr faðir minn,
þá gerði hann þó aldri
garð of hestreðr,
sem Sigurðr sýrr;
sá vas þinn faðir! -
GKS 1009 fol (Mork) — 5r/26 - 5r/26
Enn, þótt héti
images
Hvinngestr faðir minn,
gerði eigi sá
garð of hestreðr,
sem Sigurðr sýr;
sá vas þinn faðir! -
GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 195va/28 - 195va/28
Enn, þótt héti
images
Hvinngestr faðir minn,
gerði eigi sá
garð of hestreðr,
sem Sigurðr sýr;
sá vas þinn faðir! -
AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 537r/16 - 537r/21
images
editions and texts
Stanza/chapter/text segment
Use the buttons at the top of the page to navigate between stanzas in a poem.
Information tab
- text: if the stanza has been published, the edited text of the stanza and translation are here; if it hasn't been published an old edition (usually Skj) is given for reference
- sources: a list of the manuscripts or inscriptions containing this stanza, with page and line references and links (eye button) to images where available, and transcription where available
- readings: a list of variant manuscript readings of words in the main text
- editions and texts: a list of editions of the stanza with links to the bibliography; and a list of prose works in which the stanza occurs, allowing you to navigate within the prose context
- notes and context: notes not linked to individual words are given here, along with the account of the prose context for the stanza, where relevant
Interactive tab
The text and translation are given here, with buttons to toggle whether the text is shown in the verse order or prose word order. Clicking on indiviudal words gives dictionary links, variant readings, kennings and notes, where relevant.
Full text tab
This is the text of the edition in a similar format to how the edition appears in the printed volumes.
Chapter/text segment
This view is also used for chapters and other text segments. Not all the headings shown are relevant to such sections.