Valg Har 3II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Valgarðr á Velli, Poem about Haraldr harðráði 3’ 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. 302-3.
text and translation
Bjartr sveimaði brími
(brutu víkingar fíkjum)
vísa styrks af virki
— varp sorg á mey — (borgar).
Bjartr brími styrks vísa sveimaði af virki; víkingar brutu borgar fíkjum; sorg varp á mey.
‘The bright fire of the strong leader surged from the rampart; vikings destroyed strongholds ferociously; grief afflicted the maiden.’
notes and context
Brími is given in Skm as a heiti for ‘fire’.
The helmingr is difficult to interpret with any certainty, and the many variants show that the scribes and redactors tried to solve the problems in various ways. The last four words are missing in R because the top of 39r has been removed. ÁM’s copy of R in AM 761 b 4°ˣ (761bˣ) has also been consulted selectively for this helmingr. Because 761bˣ shows no lacuna, R was likely complete when it was copied by ÁM.
readings
- [1] Bjartr: so U, C, Bjart Tˣ, R, brátt A, Bratt B
- [1] brími: so R, A, B, C, ‘bruni’ Tˣ, U
- [2] brutu: brutusk A, B
- [3] styrks: sterks B
- [3] af: of A, ór B
- [3] virki: verki C
- [4] sorg á mey borgar: ‘[…]’ R
- [4] á mey: á men 761bˣ, ‘[…]’ B
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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Traj 1374x (Tx) — 40v/10 - 40v/10
Bjart sveimaði †bruni†
images
(brutu víkingar fíkjum)
vísa styrks af virki
— varp sorg á mey — (borgar). -
GKS 2367 4° (R) — 38v/36 - 39r/36
Bjart sveimaði brími
images
(brutu víkingar fíkjum)
vísa styrks af virki
— varp †[…]† — (). -
AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 401r - 401r
Bjartr sveimaði brími
images
(brutu víkingar fíkjum)
vísa styrks af virki
— varp sorg á men — (borgar). -
DG 11 (U) — 40v/26 - 40v/27 [1-1]
Bjartr sveimaði †bruni†
images
(brutu víkingar fíkjum)
vísa styrks af virki
— varp sorg á mey — (borgar). -
AM 748 I b 4° (A) — 13v/32 - 13v/33
imagesbrátt sveimaði brími
(brutusk víkingar fíkjum)
vísa styrks of virki
— varp sorg á mey — (borgar).brátt svæimaði brími brvtvz vikingar fikivm visa styrks of virki | varp sorg a mæy borgar .
(VEÞ)
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AM 757 a 4° (B) — 6r/30 - 6r/31
Bratt sveimaði brími
images
(brutusk víkingar fíkjum)
vísa sterks ór virki
— varp sorg †[…]† — (borgar). -
AM 744 4°x (744x) — 38v - 38v
images -
AM 748 II 4° (C) — 8r/17 - 8r/18
Bjartr sveimaði brími
images
(brutu víkingar fíkjum)
vísa styrks af verki
— varp sorg á mey — (borgar).
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