Vargeisa Lv 1VIII (HjǪ 4)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 4 (Vargeisa/Álfsól, Lausavísur 1)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 497.
text and translation
Vargeisa ek heiti; heyr þú, vísis son,
viltu, at ek þér í sinni sé?
Allra þinna tel ek þik þurfa munu
vel trúra vina.
Ek heiti Vargeisa; heyr þú, son vísis, viltu, at ek sé þér í sinni? Ek tel þik munu vel þurfa allra trúra vina þinna.
‘I am called Vargeisa; listen, son of a king, do you want me to be of help to you? I reckon you will indeed have need of all your true friends. ’
notes and context
The stanza follows immediately after HjǪ 3.
Cf. Hjálmþérsrímur III, 21 (Finnur Jónsson 1905-22, II, 22). — In this stanza, composed in ljóðaháttr, Vargeisa’s friendly and genteel approach to Hjálmþér belies her unfortunately monstrous appearance, if not nature.
readings
- [3] at: sjálf added above the line in another hand papp6ˣ
- [3] sinni: á sinni et liðsinna written around the line in another hand papp6ˣ
- [5] tel ek: ek tel ÍBR5 4°ˣ
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 109 a III 8°x (109a IIIx) — 267v/5 - 267v/7
imagesVargeysa eg heiti | heir þu vyses son viltu ad eg þier j sinne sie | allra þinna tel ec þic þurfa munu vel truʀra vina.
(RH)
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Holm papp 6 4°x (papp6x) — 48r - 48r
Vargeisa ek heiti;
images
heyr þú, vísis son,
viltu, sjálf ek þér í á sinni et liðsinna sé?
Allra þinna
tel ek þik þurfa munu
vel trúra vina. -
ÍBR 5 4°x (ÍBR5 4°x) — 88 - 88
Vargeisa ek heiti;
heyr þú, vísis son,
viltu, at ek þér í sinni sé?
Allra þinna
ek tel þik þurfa munu
vel trúra vina.
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