Hharð Lv 14II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 14’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 55-6.
text and translation
Krjúpum vér fyr vápna
(valteigs) brǫkun eigi
(svá bauð Hildr) at hjaldri
(haldorð) í bug skjaldar.
Hôtt bað mik, þars mœttusk,
menskorð bera forðum,
Hlakkar íss ok hausar,
hjalmstall í gný malma.
Vér krjúpum eigi í bug skjaldar at hjaldri fyr brǫkun vápna; svá bauð {haldorð Hildr {valteigs}}. {Menskorð} bað mik forðum bera {hjalmstall} hôtt í {gný malma}, þars {íss Hlakkar} ok hausar mœttusk.
‘We [I] do not creep into the hollow of the shield in battle because of the crash of weapons; thus the faithful Hildr <valkyrie> of the falcon-field [ARM > WOMAN] commanded. The necklace-pole [WOMAN] told me earlier to hold the helmet-support [HEAD] high in the clamour of swords [BATTLE] where Hlǫkk’s <valkyrie’s> ice [SWORD] and skulls met.’
notes and context
Haraldr recites this st. on the same occasion as Lv 13 above, because he considers the former st. to be inferior (it was composed in fornyrðislag rather than in the prestigious dróttkvætt metre).
readings
- [1] Krjúpum: Krjúpu E, J2ˣ, Hb
- [1] fyr: við E
- [1] vápna: vápni FskAˣ
- [2] brǫkun: ‘braukum’ Flat, ‘brokom’ FskAˣ, brakan Kˣ, H, braka Hr
- [3] bauð: bað Flat
- [4] haldorð: ‘hallorð’ E, J2ˣ
- [5] Hôtt: hitt Flat
- [5] bað mik: bauð mér Flat
- [5] þars (‘þar er’): þá er Flat
- [5] mœttusk: mœttumsk Flat, mœttisk H
- [6] menskorð: ‘mennskurð’ FskAˣ, menspǫng Hb
- [6] forðum: lǫngum Hb
- [7] íss: ís FskAˣ, Kˣ, F, E, J2ˣ, Hr, Hb
- [7] ok hausar: at hausum FskAˣ, um hausa Hb
- [8] ‑stall: ‘stal’ FskAˣ, ‑stofn Kˣ, F, Hb
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 1009 fol (Mork) — 19r/55 - 19r/55
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GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 204ra/34 - 204ra/37
Krjúpum vér fyr vápna
images
(valteigs) †braukum† eigi
(svá bað Hildr) at hjaldri
(haldorð) í bug skjaldar.
hitt bauð mér , þá er mœttumsk,
menskorð bera forðum,
Hlakkar íss ok hausar,
hjalmstall í gný malma. -
AM 303 4°x (FskAx) — 305/1 - 305/8
Krjúpum vér fyr vápni
images
(valteigs) †brokom† eigi
(svá bauð Hildr) at hjaldri
(haldorð) í bug skjaldar.
Hôtt bað mik, þars mœttusk,
†mennskurð† bera forðum,
Hlakkar ís at hausum ,
hjalm†stal† í gný malma. -
AM 63 folx (Kx) — 581v/19 - 581v/26
Krjúpum vér fyr vápna
images
(valteigs) brakan eigi
(svá bauð Hildr) at hjaldri
(haldorð) í bug skjaldar.
Hôtt bað mik, þars mœttusk,
menskorð bera forðum,
Hlakkar ís ok hausar,
hjalm-stofn í gný malma. -
AM 45 fol (F) — 53rb/1 - 53rb/4
Krjúpum vér fyr vápna
images
(valteigs) brǫkun eigi
(svá bauð Hildr) at hjaldri
(haldorð) í bug skjaldar.
Hôtt bað mik, þars mœttusk,
menskorð bera forðum,
Hlakkar ís ok hausar,
hjalm-stofn í gný malma. -
AM 47 fol (E) — 27v/6 - 27v/8
Krjúpu vér við vápna
images
(valteigs) brǫkun eigi
(svá bauð Hildr) at hjaldri
(†hallorð†) í bug skjaldar.
Hôtt bað mik, þars mœttusk,
menskorð bera forðum,
Hlakkar ís ok hausar,
hjalmstall í gný malma. -
AM 38 folx (J2x) — 297r/2 - 297r/9
Krjúpu vér fyr vápna
images
(valteigs) brǫkun eigi
(svá bauð Hildr) at hjaldri
(†hallorð†) í bug skjaldar.
Hôtt bað mik, þars mœttusk,
menskorð bera forðum,
Hlakkar ís ok hausar,
hjalmstall í gný malma. -
AM 66 fol (H) — 75v/16 - 75v/16
Krjúpum vér fyr vápna
images
(valteigs) brakan eigi
(svá bauð Hildr) at hjaldri
(haldorð) í bug skjaldar.
Hôtt bað mik, þars mœttisk,
menskorð bera forðum,
Hlakkar íss ok hausar,
hjalmstall í gný malma. -
GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 53vb/22 - 53vb/22
Krjúpum vér fyr vápna
images
(valteigs) braka eigi
(svá bauð Hildr) at hjaldri
(haldorð) í bug skjaldar.
Hôtt bað mik, þars mœttusk,
menskorð bera forðum,
Hlakkar ís ok hausar,
hjalmstall í gný malma. -
AM 544 4° (Hb) — 70v/22 - 70v/24
Krjúpu vér fyr vápna
images
(valteigs) brǫkun eigi
(svá bauð Hildr) at hjaldri
(haldorð) í bug skjaldar.
Hôtt bað mik, þars mœttusk,
menspǫng bera lǫngum,
Hlakkar ís um hausa ,
hjalm-stofn í gný malma. -
AM 326 b 4°x (326bx) — 40v/1 - 40v/8
Kriupu ver fyrir vapna | valteigs brokun eigi | sva bauð hilldr at hialldri | halldorð i bug skialldar | hatt bað mik þar er mꝍttuz | men spong bera longum | hlackar is um hausa | hialm stofn i gny malma |
(VEÞ)
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AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 541r - 541v/7
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editions and texts
Skj: Haraldr Sigurðarson harðráði, Lausavísur 19: AI, 360-1, BI, 332, Skald I, 167-8, NN §2027; Mork 1867, 118, Mork 1928-32, 276, Andersson and Gade 2000, 271, 481 (MH); Flat 1860-8, III, 395 (MH); ÍF 29, 284-5 (ch. 68); ÍF 28, 188 (HSig ch. 91), F 1871, 248, E 1916, 97; Fms 6, 416 (HSig ch. 118); Hb 1892-6, 343, Fellows Jensen 1962, 51 (Hem).
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