Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 35 (Hundingi konungr, Lausavísur 4)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 526.
Lítt honum sæmir hjá seggja liði,
þeim er í gullvefjum glóa allir.
Siti hann yzt af seggjum mínum;
skal honum veita vel með várum þegnum.
Sæmir honum lítt hjá liði seggja, þeim er allir glóa í gullvefjum. Siti hann yzt af seggjum mínum; skal veita honum vel með þegnum várum.
‘It would hardly be appropriate for him to be among the company of men who all glitter in gold clothing. Let him sit farthest out among my men; he shall be well served among our freemen. ’
Hundingi responds in disparaging terms to Hjálmþér’s introduction of Hǫrðr.
Compare Hjálmþérsrímur V, 31-5 (Finnur Jónsson 1905-22, II, 37-8) with HjǪ 35-40. — [4-5]: These lines are hypometrical, unless there is suspended resolution on glóa and siti (or yzt were understood as an adj. yztr ‘outermost’ and desyllabified as yztur).
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.
Lítt honum sæmir
hjá seggja liði,
þeim er í gullvefjum
glóa allir.
Siti hann †yrst†
af seggjum mínum;
skal honum veita vel
með várum þegnum.
lyt honum sæmir hia seggia | lidi þeim er j gullvefium gloa aller sitie hann yrst af | seggium mijnum skal honum veita vel med vorvmm | þegnum
(RH)
Lítt honum sæmir
hjá seggja liði,
þeim er í guð-vefjum
glóa allir.
Siti hann yzt
af seggjum mínum;
skal honum veita vel
með várum þegnum.
Lítt honum sómir
hjá seggja liði,
þeim er í gullvefjum
glóa allir.
Siti hann yzt
hjá seggjum mínum;
skal honum veita vel
með várum þegnum.
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