Hlǫðr Heiðreksson, Lausavísur

Hannah Burrows

Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Lausavísur — HlǫðH Lv^VIII (Heiðr)

Hlǫðr Heiðreksson, Lausavísur — Vol. 8 — Hannah Burrows

Hannah Burrows (forthcoming), ‘ Hlǫðr Heiðreksson, Lausavísur’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3137> (accessed 4 April 2025)

Inn gakktu, seggr, í sal hávan;
bið mér Angantý* andspjöll bera!

‘Go in, man, into the high hall; bid Angantýr bring me answers! ’

Til annars vér hingat fórum         en öl at drekka,
þiggja af þjóðan         þínar veigar,
nema ek hálft hafa alt,         þat er Heiðrekr átti:
al ok af oddi,         einum skatti,
kú ok af kálfi,         kvern þjótandi,
þý ok af þræli         ok þeirra börnum,
hrísi því inu mæta,         er Myrkviðr heitir,
gröf þá ina helgu,         er stendr á Gotþjóðu,
stein þann inn fagra,         er stendr á stöðum Danpar,
hálfar herborgir,         er Heiðrekr átti,
lönd ok lýða         ok ljósa bauga.

‘We have come here for another [reason] than to drink ale, to receive from the prince your draughts, unless I have half of all that Heiðrekr owned: of awl and of weapon-point, of singular treasure, of cow and of calf, of resounding handmill, of bondwoman and of slave, and of their children; of that excellent forest which is called Myrkviðr, that holy grave, which stands in the land of the Goths, that fair stone, which stands on the banks of the Dnieper, half the war-fortifications which Heiðrekr owned, lands and people and bright rings. ’

Taki þér Gizur …
mann Angantýs, kominn af Árheimum!

‘Seize Gizurr … Angantýr’s man, come from Árheimar! ’

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