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Not published: do not cite (Gestumbl HeiðrVIII (Heiðr))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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| 34 — Gestumbl Heiðr 34VIII (Heiðr 81)
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Cite as: Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 81 (Gestumblindi, Heiðreks gátur 34)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 448. Meyjar ek sá moldu líkar,
váru þeim at beðjum björg,
svartar ok sámar
í sólviðri,
en þess at fegri, er færra um sér.
Heiðrekr konungr, hyggðu at gátu. | Ek sá meyjar líkar moldu, björg váru at þeim beðjum, svartar ok sámar í sólviðri, en þess at fegri, er færra um sér. Heiðrekr konungr, hyggðu at gátu. I saw girls like dust, rocks were beds to them. [They are] black and swarthy in sunny weather, but the brighter, the less is seen of them. King Heiðrekr, think about the riddle.
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texts: ‹Heiðr 81 (/63)› editions: Skj Anonyme digte og vers [XIII]: D. 5. Heiðreks gátur 37 (AII, 228; BII, 247); Skald II, 128; FSN 1, 483, Heiðr 1873, 260, Heiðr 1924, 81, Heiðr 1960, 82; Edd. Min. 119.
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