Gestumblindi (Gestumbl)
volume 8; ed. Margaret Clunies Ross;
Heiðreks gátur (Heiðr) - 37
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Heiðreks gátur (‘Riddles of Heiðrekr’)
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Gestumbl HeiðrVIII (Heiðr)
Not published: do not cite (Gestumbl HeiðrVIII (Heiðr))
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Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII]: D. 5. Heiðreks gátur, Gestumblindes gåder (AII, 221-8, BII, 240-7); stanzas (if different): 5 |
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SkP info: VIII, 415 |
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Cite as: Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 53 (Gestumblindi, Heiðreks gátur 6)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 415. Hverr er sá inn mikli, er mörgu ræðr,
ok horfir til heljar hálfr?
*Öldum bergr
en við jörð sakaz,
ef hann hefir sér vel traustan vin.
Heiðrekr konungr, hyggðu at gátu. | Hverr er sá inn mikli, er ræðr mörgu, ok horfir hálfr til heljar? Bergr *öldum en sakaz við jörð, ef hann hefir sér vel traustan vin. Heiðrekr konungr, hyggðu at gátu. Who is that, the great one, who governs much, and half [of him] turns to Hel? He protects men but contends with the earth, if he has for himself a well-trusted friend. King Heiðrekr, think about the riddle.
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texts: ‹Heiðr 53 (63/36)› editions: Skj Anonyme digte og vers [XIII]: D. 5. Heiðreks gátur 23 (AII, 225-6; BII, 244); Skald II, 127, NN §2361; Heiðr 1672, 148, FSN 1, 480, Heiðr 1873, 239-40, 341, Heiðr 1924, 61-2, 78, 136, FSGJ 2, 47, Heiðr 1960, 41-2; Edd. Min. 108.
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GKS 2845 4° (2845) |
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UppsUB R 715x (R715x) |
28v, 15 - 28v, 17 [1-6] |
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AM 281 4°x (281x) |
99r, 24 - 99r, 26 |
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AM 597 b 4°x (597bx) |
49v, 3 - 49v, 5 |
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AM 203 folx (203x) |
106ra, 1 - 106ra, 7 |
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