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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages
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Gestumblindi (Gestumbl)

volume 8; ed. Margaret Clunies Ross;

Heiðreks gátur (Heiðr) - 37

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Heiðreks gátur (‘Riddles of Heiðrekr’) — 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Not published: do not cite (Gestumbl HeiðrVIII (Heiðr))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 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38

SkP info: VIII, 448

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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.

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.

sources

AM 281 4°x (281x) 100v, 26 - 100v, 27 (Heiðr)  transcr.  image  
AM 597 b 4°x (597bx) 51r, 17 - 51r, 19 (Heiðr)  transcr.  image  

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