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Not published: do not cite (Gestumbl HeiðrVIII (Heiðr))
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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.
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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 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.
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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. |
notes: Heiðrekr’s response is (Heiðr 1960, 42): þat er akkeri með góðum streng; ef fleinn hans er í grunni, þá bergr þat ‘that is an anchor with a good rope; if his fluke is in the bed [of the sea etc.], then it is safe’. The H redaction has a longer explanation and adds (Heiðr 1924, 62): En mjǫk undrumz ek orðfimi þína ok vitrleik ‘But I wonder greatly at your word-skill and wisdom’.
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) |
72r, 10 - 72r, 11 |
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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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