Cite as: Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 42 (Hjálmþér Ingason, Lausavísur 15)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 534.

Hvarf inn hugprúði Hörðr ór för minni, greitt ertu líkr honum; gái ek ei því drekka. Hvarf inn hugprúði Hörðr ór för minni, greitt ertu líkr honum; gái ek ei því drekka. Inn hugprúði Hörðr hvarf ór för minni, ertu greitt líkr honum; því gái ek ei drekka.

text prose order   The courageous Hǫrðr disappeared from my expedition, you are very much like him; thus I take care not to drink.

context: Hjálmþér responds to Hǫrðr, now King Hringr, explaining his disconcerted confusion over the latter’s royal transformation. The helmingr is introduced: Hjálmþér tók undir ok kvað hálfa vísunna ‘Hjálmþér responded and spoke a half-stanza’.

notes: Compare Hjálmþérsrímur IX, 67-9 (Finnur Jónsson 1905-22, II, 64-5) with HjǪ 42a and b.

texts: ‹HjǪ 42b›

editions: Skj Anonyme digte og vers [XIII]: E. 16. Vers af Fornaldarsagaer: Af Hjálmþérs saga ok Ǫlvis VI 1[b] (AII, 340; BII, 362); Skald II, 196; HjǪ 1720, 73, FSN 3, 512, FSGJ 4, 237, HjǪ 1970, 59, 109, 177.

sources

AM 109 a III 8°x (109a IIIx)	280v, 24 - 280v, 26	(HjǪ)
Holm papp 6 4°x (papp6x)	59r - 59r	(HjǪ)
ÍBR 5 folx (ÍBR5x)	104 - 104	(HjǪ)