Anon (Hrólf) 2VIII (Hrólf 11)
†Desmond Slay and Margaret Clunies Ross (eds) 2017, ‘Hrólfs saga kraka 11 (Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísa from Hrólfs saga kraka 2)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 548.
text and translation
Flýra sá elda, er yfir hleypr.
Sá flýra elda, er hleypr yfir.
‘He does not flee the fires who leaps over [them]. ’
notes and context
In Hrólf Hrólfr speaks these words, and then he and his champions leap over the fire and try to seize Aðils. Hrólfr had previously vowed to flee neither fire nor iron. In SnE Hrólfr speaks these words after leaping over the fires. His men follow him, and they seize those who had built up the fires and throw them onto the blaze.
readings
- [1] Flýra (‘fly\r/a’): Flýr Tˣ, Eigi flýr 285ˣ, 9ˣ, 11ˣ, 109a IIˣ, papp17ˣ
- [1] elda: eld Tˣ, W, U, eldinn 285ˣ, 9ˣ, 11ˣ, 109a IIˣ, papp17ˣ
- [2] er: sem 285ˣ, 9ˣ, 11ˣ, 109a IIˣ, papp17ˣ
sources
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
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GKS 2367 4° (R) — 32r - 32r
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Traj 1374x (Tx) — 33v - 33v
Flýr sá eld,
images
er yfir hleypr. -
AM 242 fol (W) — 74 - 74
Flýra sá eld,
images
er yfir hleypr. -
DG 11 (U) — 43v - 43v
Flýra sá eld,
images
er yfir hleypr. -
AM 748 II 4° (C) — 3v - 3v
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AM 285 4°x (285x) — 28r - 28r
Eigi flýr sá eldinn,
sem yfir hleypr. -
AM 9 folx (9x) — 37r - 37r
Eigi flýr sá eldinn,
sem yfir hleypr. -
AM 11 folx (11x) — 32v - 32v
Eigi flýr sá eldinn,
sem yfir hleypr. -
AM 109 a II 8°x (109a IIx) — 246r - 246r
Eigi flýr sá eldinn,
sem yfir hleypr. -
Holm papp 17 4°x (papp17x) — 303r - 303r
Eigi flýr sá eldinn,
sem yfir hleypr.
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