Bjarni Frag 2III
Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Bjarni ...ason, Fragments 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 22.
introduction
The helmingr (Bjarni Frag 2) is recorded in ms. W (main ms. for this stanza) of SnE and in LaufE (mss 2368ˣ, 743ˣ). It was copied from a LaufE Y ms. in RE 1665(Ff3), but that version has no independent value and has not been used in the present edition. The fragment consists of a dependent clause introduced by svát ‘so that’ and is therefore likely to be the second half of a stanza. It could be part of a description of a battle.
text and translation
Svát ýdróttum ôttu
éls rekninga þélar
rams af reikar himni
rauð svǫrf ofan gnauða.
Svát {rauð svǫrf {þélar {rams éls rekninga}}} ôttu gnauða ofan af {himni reikar} {ýdróttum}.
‘So that the red shavings of the file of the strong storm of swords [BATTLE > SWORD > BLOOD] rattled down from the sky of the hair-parting [HEAD] of bow-troops [WARRIORS]. ’
notes and context
The helmingr is cited in the same section as Frag 1 above, illustrating kennings for ‘head’.
readings
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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AM 242 fol (W) — 169/5 - 169/6
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GKS 2368 4°x (2368x) — 96/16 - 96/17
Svát ýdróttum ôttu
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éls †rekuga† þélar
rams af reikar himni
rauð svǫrf ofan gnauða. -
AM 743 4°x (743x) — 75v - 75v
Svát ýdróttum ôttu
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éls †rekuga† þélar
rams af reikar himni
rauð svǫrf ofan gnauða. -
AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 10r/6 - 10r/9
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