Cite as: Wilhelm Heizmann (ed.) 2017, ‘Bósa saga 4 (Busla, Buslubæn 4)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 31.

Svá skal ek þjarma þér at brjósti, at hjarta þitt höggormar gnagi, en eyru þín aldrigi heyri, ok augu þín úthverf snúiz, nema þú Bósa björg um veitir ok honum Herrauð heipt upp gefir. Svá skal ek þjarma þér at brjósti, at hjarta þitt höggormar gnagi, en eyru þín aldrigi heyri, ok augu þín úthverf snúiz, nema þú Bósa björg um veitir ok honum Herrauð heipt upp gefir. Ek skal þjarma þér svá at brjósti, at höggormar gnagi hjarta þitt, en eyru þín heyri aldrigi, ok augu þín snúiz úthverf, nema þú um veitir Bósa björg ok gefir honum Herrauð upp heipt.

text prose order   I shall so oppress your breast as though adders are gnawing at your heart, and your ears shall never hear [again], and your eyes shall turn outwards, unless you grant Bósi freedom and forego your hatred towards Herrauðr.

notes: The curse in this stanza is directed at the bodily welfare of the king. He will endure not only pains, but he will simultaneously be locked within himself to the extent that his eyes and ears, two vital sensory organs, will cease to function.

texts: ‹Bós 4› (ch. 5)

editions: Skj Anonyme digte og vers [XIII]: E. 14. Vers af Fornaldarsagaer: Af Bósasaga 4 (AII, 330-1; BII, 351); Skald II, 189, NN § 793; Bós 1666, 18-19, FSN 3, 203-4, Bós 1893, 16-17, FSGJ 3, 292, Bós 1996, 13; Edd. Min. 124.

sources

AM 586 4° (586)	14r, 37 - 14r, 39	(Bós)
AM 577 4° (577)	53v, 6 - 53v, 9	(Bós)
AM 510 4° (510)	11r, 18 - 11r, 20	(Bós)
AM 340 4°x (340x)	271, 5 - 271, 8	(Bós)
AM 361 4°x (361x)	3r - 3r	(Bós)
AM 361 4°x (361x)	11r - 11r	(Bós)