HSt Rst 27I
Rolf Stavnem (ed.) 2012, ‘Hallar-Steinn, Rekstefja 27’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 929.
text and translation
Annarr ǫðlings manna
ókvíðinn réð síðan
— stígr varð stála sveigi
strangr — í bjarg at ganga.
Hôtt fjall hvárki mátti
— hans vas líf þrotit — klífa
eldrunnr ǫlna foldar
upp eðr niðr frá miðju.
Síðan réð annarr manna ǫðlings at ganga ókvíðinn í bjarg; stígr varð strangr {sveigi stála}. {{{Ǫlna foldar} eld}runnr} mátti hvárki klífa hôtt fjall upp eðr niðr frá miðju; líf hans vas þrotit.
‘Then one of the ruler’s men started to go, fearless, up the crag; the route was hard for the swinger of steel weapons [WARRIOR]. The tree of the fire of the land of fish [(lit. ‘fire-tree of the land of fish’) SEA > GOLD > MAN] could climb neither up nor down the high mountain from the middle; his life had come to an end. ’
notes and context
See st. 26. One man retreats in terror, but the other gets stuck on the crag and shouts for help.
readings
- [3] varð: var Bb(94va)
- [4] strangr: strangt Flat
- [4] bjarg: berg all others
- [7] ‑runnr: ‑auðr 54, Bb(94va)
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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Holm perg 1 fol (Bb*) — 112rb/14 - 112rb/18
imagesAnnar odlíngs manna o kvidínn | red sidan stigr vard stala sveigi strangr i biarg | at ganga . hatt fiall hvorki matti . hans var lif | þrotid klifa . eld rvdr olna foldar . vpp ęda | nídr fra midiv.
(VEÞ)
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AM 61 fol (61) — 64ra/28 - 64ra/30
imagesAɴarr oðlings manna . okviðinn reð siþan . stígr vard stala sveí | gi . strangr i bergh at ganga . hꜳ?tt fiall hvarki matti . hans var líf þrotít klíf | a . elld rvðr aulna folldar . vpp eða niðr fra miðíu.
(VEÞ)
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AM 53 fol (53) — 61va/13 - 61va/17
imagesAnnaʀ auðlings manna okuíðínn ríe | ð siðar · stigr varð stala sueígí strangr íberg at gan | ga · hatt fíall huarg??k?í mattí · hers var líf þrotið kli | fa · elldruðr aulna folldaʀ · vpp eða niðr fra míð | íu ·
(VEÞ)
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AM 54 fol (54) — 58vb/13 - 58vb/16
imagesAnnarr ǫðlings manna
ókvíðinn réð síðan
— stígr varð stála sveigi
strangr — í bjarg at ganga.
Hôtt fjall hvárki mátti
— hans vas líf þrotit — klífa
eld-auðr ǫlna foldar
upp eðr niðr frá miðju.Annaʀ audlings manna · okuidinn ręd sidan · stígr | vard sta?la sueigi · strangr i berg at ganga · hatt fí | iall huorki mattí · hans var lif þrotid klífa · elldaudr | aulna folldar · upp eda nidr fra midíu ·
(VEÞ)
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Holm perg 1 fol (Bb*) — 94va/7 - 94va/11
imagesAnnarr ǫðlings manna
ókvíðinn réð síðan
— stígr var stála sveigi
strangr — í bjarg at ganga.
Hôtt fjall hvárki mátti
— hans vas líf þrotit — klífa
eld-auðr ǫlna foldar
upp eðr niðr frá miðju.Annar ꜷdlín | gs manna. okvidín red sidan. stigr var stala sveigi. strangr | i berg at ganga. hatt fiall hvorcki matti. hans var lif | þrotid klifa. elld ꜷdr ꜹllna folldar. vpp ęda nídr | fra midiv.
(VEÞ)
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GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 62ra/29 - 62ra/32
imagesAnnarr ǫðlings manna
ókvíðinn réð síðan
— stígr varð stála sveigi
strangt — í bjarg at ganga.
Hôtt fjall hvárki mátti
— hans vas líf þrotit — klífa
eldrunnr ǫlna foldar
upp eðr niðr frá miðju.Annarr odlíngs manna okuidinn ʀed sidan · stígr | uard stala sueíge strangt j berg at ganga · hátt fiall hu ?or?ke | matti hans uar lif þrotít klífa elldrudr o᷎lna folldar upp edr nídr | fra mídíu ·
(VEÞ)
editions and texts
Skj: Hallar-Steinn, 1. Rekstefja 27: AI, 550, BI, 532, Skald I, 259; ÓT 1958-2000, II, 230 (ch. 237), Flat 1860-8, I, 465; SHI 3, 262, CPB II, 299, Wisén 1886-9, I, 49, Finnur Jónsson 1893b, 164, Konráð Gíslason 1895-7, I, 271-3.
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