Þloft Glækv 8I
Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Þórarinn loftunga, Glælognskviða 8’ 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. 873.
text and translation
Þar kømr herr,
es heilagr es
konungr sjalfr,
krýpr at gangi.
En beiðendr
blindir sœkja
þjóðir máls,
en þaðan heilir.
Herr kømr þar, es heilagr konungr sjalfr es, krýpr at gangi. En þjóðir, beiðendr máls, blindir, sœkja, en þaðan heilir.
‘A host comes there, where the holy king himself is, [and] bows down for access. And people, petitioners for speech [and] the blind, make their way [there], and [go] from there whole.’
notes and context
See Context to st. 2 above.
As Magerøy (1948, 30) notes, this stanza’s theme of the healing of the sick is also found in Sigv ErfÓl 24, with some lexical parallels.
readings
- [1] Þar kømr herr: en herr manns 39, ok þar kømr sá 325VII
- [1] herr: hverr 325VI, Flat, Tóm, hveim 61, ‘[…]’ 325XI 2 n
- [2] es heilagr es: ‘[…]’ 325XI 2 n
- [2] heilagr es (‘heilagr er’): heilagr Holm2, 325VI, 321ˣ
- [4] krýpr: krýpr sér 325VI, 321ˣ, krýpum 325VII
- [4] gangi: ‘gangni’ 39, gagni 325VI, 321ˣ, 61, 325VII, Flat, Tóm
- [5] En: ok 39, Holm2, 325VI, 321ˣ, 61, 325VII, 325XI 2 n, Flat, Tóm
- [6] blindir: blindr 321ˣ
- [6] sœkja: ganga Tóm
- [7] þjóðir: so 61, 325VII, Flat, Tóm, þjóðar Kˣ, 39, Holm2, 325VI, 321ˣ, 325XI 2 n
- [7] máls: ‘mal[…]’ 39, ‘mass’ 321ˣ, mál Flat
- [8] en þaðan heilir: ‘e[…]’ 325XI 2 n
- [8] en: er 61, sem Flat
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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AM 36 folx (Kx) — 487r/26 - 487v/6
imagesÞar kømr herr,
es heilagr
konungr sjalfr,
krýpr at gangi.
En beiðendr
blindir sœkja
þjóðar máls,
en þaðan heilir.Þar kømr heʀ | er heilagr er || konungr síalfr | krypr at gangi | eɴ beiðendr | blindir søkia | þioðar máls | eɴ þaðan heilir |
(DW)
-
AM 39 fol (39) — 11ra/28 - 11ra/31
imagesen herr manns ,
es heilagr
konungr sjalfr,
krýpr at †gangni†.
ok beiðendr
blindir sœkja
þjóðar †mal[…]†,
en þaðan heilir.En | heʀ manz er heilagr er konungr sialfr krypr at | gangni · ok beiðændr blindir sekia þioðar mal[...] | en þaðan hæilir ·
(VEÞ)
-
Holm perg 2 4° (Holm2) — 71v/38 - 71v/40
Þar kømr herr,
images
es heilagr
konungr sjalfr,
krýpr at gangi.
ok beiðendr
blindir sœkja
þjóðar máls,
en þaðan heilir. -
AM 325 VI 4° (325VI) — 39vb/12 - 39vb/14
Þar kømr hverr,
images
es heilagr
konungr sjalfr,
krýpr sér at gagni.
ok beiðendr
blindir sœkja
þjóðar máls,
en þaðan heilir. -
AM 321 4°x (321x) — 273/18 - 273/19
imagesÞar kømr herr,
es heilagr
konungr sjalfr,
krýpr sér at gagni.
ok beiðendr
blindr sœkja
þjóðar †mass†,
en þaðan heilir.þar kemr herr er heilagr Kongr. sealfr krypr ser | at gagni. ok beidendr blindr sokia þiodar mass enn þadan heilir. |
(VEÞ)
-
AM 61 fol (61) — 128vb/16 - 128vb/18
Þar kømr hveim,
images
es heilagr
konungr sjalfr,
krýpr at gagni.
ok beiðendr
blindir sœkja
þjóðir máls,
er þaðan heilir. -
AM 325 VII 4° (325VII) — 40r/7 - 40r/8
ok þar kømr sá ,
images
es heilagr
konungr sjalfr,
krýpum at gagni.
ok beiðendr
blindir sœkja
þjóðir máls,
en þaðan heilir. -
AM 325 XI 2 n 4° (325XI 2 n) — 1r/3 - 1r/4
Þar kømr †[…]†,
images
†[…]†
konungr sjalfr,
krýpr at gangi.
ok beiðendr
blindir sœkja
þjóðar máls,
†e[…]† . -
GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 127va/10 - 127va/12
Þar kømr hverr,
images
es heilagr
konungr sjalfr,
krýpr at gagni.
ok beiðendr
blindir sœkja
þjóðir mál,
sem þaðan heilir. -
GKS 1008 fol (Tóm) — 159r/38 - 159r/38
Þar kømr hverr,
images
es heilagr
konungr sjalfr,
krýpr at gagni.
ok beiðendr
blindir ganga
þjóðir máls,
en þaðan heilir. -
Thott 972 folx (972x) — 566va/12 - 566va/16
images
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