Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 32 (Angantýr Arngrímsson, Lausavísur 3)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 393.
Hnigin er helgrind, haugar opnaz,
allr er í eldi eybarmr at sjá.
Atalt er úti um at lítaz;
skyntu, mær, ef þú mátt, til skipa þinna.
Helgrind er hnigin, haugar opnaz, allr eybarmr er at sjá í eldi. Úti er atalt at lítaz um; skyntu, mær, ef þú mátt, til skipa þinna.
‘Hel’s gate is fallen, mounds open, one can see the whole island-edge on fire. Outside it is terrible to look around; hurry, girl, if you can, to your ships. ’
A prose interjection in Hb and 2845, though differently worded in each, relates that the mound opens and fire burns all around.
See Heiðr 29, Note to [All]. — [2]: Identical to Heiðr 22/6 (and see Note). Both stanzas mention supernatural fires and warn Hervǫr to hurry away.
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.
hnigin er helgrind havgar opnaz allr er i elldi eyba | rmr at sia atalt er vti vm að litaz skyntv mær ef þv matt til skipa þinna
(HA)
Hnigin er helgrind,
haugar opnaz,
allt er í eldi
ey-grims sjá.
Atalt er úti
um at lítaz;
skyntu, mær, ef þú mátt,
til skipa þinna.
hnígiɴn er helgrind hꜹgar opnaz allt er i elldi eygrims sía: atalt | er uttí um at litaz skyntu mær ef þu matt til skipa þiɴna
(HA)
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], E. 5. Vers af Fornaldarsagaer: Af Hervararsaga III 8: AII, 246-7, BII, 266, Skald II, 138-9; FSN 1, 437, 520, Heiðr 1873, 217, 318, Heiðr 1924, 25-6, FSGJ 2, 17-18, Heiðr 1960, 16; Edd. Min. 17.
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