Hharð Lv 2bII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 2b’ 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. 44-5.
text and translation
Nú lætk skóg af skógi
skreiðask lítils heiðar;
hverr veit, nema verðak
víða frægr of síðir?
Nú lætk skreiðask skóg af skógi lítils heiðar; hverr veit, nema verðak víða frægr of síðir?
‘Now I’m slinking from wood to wood with little honour; who knows if I won’t become famous far and wide in the end?’
notes and context
As Lv 2a above.
readings
- [1] Nú: Hér Hr, om. Flat(192rb)
- [1] lætk (‘læt ek’): verð ek F, Holm2, 972ˣ(537va), 321ˣ, Holm4, Flat(125va), Flat(192rb), Flat(131va), ‘wardt ek’ 972ˣ(537vb), fer ek 73aˣ, ‘uer’ 325V
- [1] af: ór 39, Flat(192rb)
- [1] skógi: ‘s.’ 325VII
- [2] skreiðask: skreiða 73aˣ, ‘s.’ 325VII
- [2] heiðar: eiðar 39, reiðar E
- [3] veit: ‘vit’ 972ˣ(537va), veit ek Bb
- [3] verðak (‘ek verða’): ek verði 73aˣ, Bb, H, Flat(192rb), 332ˣ
- [4] síðir: síðan 73aˣ
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 63 folx (Kx) — 521r/26 - 521r/29
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AM 39 fol (39) — 18va/31 - 18va/31
Nú lætk skóg ór skógi
images
skreiðask lítils eiðar;
hverr veit, nema verðak
víða frægr of síðir? -
AM 45 fol (F) — 41vb/40 - 42ra/1
Nú verð ek skóg af skógi
images
skreiðask lítils heiðar;
hverr veit, nema verðak
víða frægr of síðir? -
AM 47 fol (E) — 10r/9 - 10r/10
Nú lætk skóg af skógi
images
skreiðask lítils reiðar;
hverr veit, nema verðak
víða frægr of síðir? -
Holm perg 2 4° (Holm2) — 69r/3 - 69r/4
Nú verð ek skóg af skógi
images
skreiðask lítils heiðar;
hverr veit, nema verðak
víða frægr of síðir? -
AM 38 folx (J2x) — 257r/22 - 257r/25
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Thott 972 folx (972x*) — 537va/10 - 537va/17
Nú verð ek skóg af skógi
images
skreiðask lítils heiðar;
hverr †vit†, nema verðak
víða frægr of síðir? -
Thott 972 folx (972x*) — 537vb - 537vb
Nú †wardt ek† skóg af skógi
images
skreiðask lítils heiðar;
hverr veit, nema verðak
víða frægr of síðir? -
AM 321 4°x (321x) — 260/6 - 260/7
imagesNú verð ek skóg af skógi
skreiðask lítils heiðar;
hverr veit, nema verðak
víða frægr of síðir?Nu verd ek skog af skogi skreidaz litils heidar. huer veit nema ek | verda vida frægr vm sidir. |
(VEÞ)
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AM 73 a folx (73ax) — 203v/6 - 203v/6
Nú fer ek skóg af skógi
images
skreiða lítils heiðar;
hverr veit, nema ek verði
víða frægr of síðan? -
Holm perg 4 4° (Holm4) — 64va/23 - 64va/25
Nú verð ek skóg af skógi
images
skreiðask lítils heiðar;
hverr veit, nema verðak
víða frægr of síðir? -
AM 325 VII 4° (325VII) — 38v - 38v [1-2]
Nú lætk skóg af †s.†
images
†s.† lítils heiðar;
hverr veit, nema verðak
víða frægr of síðir? -
AM 325 V 4° (325V) — 82ra/32 - 82rb/2
Nú †uer† skóg af skógi
images
skreiðask lítils heiðar;
hverr veit, nema verðak
víða frægr of síðir? -
AM 61 fol (61) — 126rb/21 - 126rb/21
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GKS 1005 fol (Flat*) — 125va/30 - 125va/32
Nú verð ek skóg af skógi
images
skreiðask lítils heiðar;
hverr veit, nema verðak
víða frægr of síðir? -
GKS 1008 fol (Tóm) — 156v - 156v
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Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 199vb - 199vb
Nú lætk skóg af skógi
images
skreiðask lítils heiðar;
hverr veit ek, nema ek verði
víða frægr of síðir? -
AM 66 fol (H) — 21r/4 - 21r/4
Nú lætk skóg af skógi
images
skreiðask lítils heiðar;
hverr veit, nema ek verði
víða frægr of síðir? -
GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 16ra/13 - 16ra/13
Hér lætk skóg af skógi
images
skreiðask lítils heiðar;
hverr veit, nema verðak
víða frægr of síðir? -
GKS 1005 fol (Flat*) — 192rb/48 - 192rb/50
verð ek skóg ór skógi
images
skreiðask lítils heiðar;
hverr veit, nema ek verði
víða frægr of síðir? -
AM 332 4°x (332x) — 33/9 - 33/12
Nú lætk skóg af skógi
images
skreiðask lítils heiðar;
hverr veit, nema ek verði
víða frægr of síðir? -
AM 325 III β 4° (325III β) — 1r - 1r
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GKS 1005 fol (Flat*) — 131va/16 - 131va/17
Nú verð ek skóg af skógi
images
skreiðask lítils heiðar;
hverr veit, nema verðak
víða frægr of síðir? -
AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 191r - 191r [5-8]
images
editions and texts
Skj: Haraldr Sigurðarson harðráði, Lausavísur 2/5-8: AI, 356, BI, 328, Skald I, 166; ÍF 28, 69 (HSig ch. 1), F 1871, 193, E 1916, 34; ÓH 1941, I, 580 (ch. 231), Flat 1860-8, II, 362 (ÓH); Fms 6, 130-1 (HSig ch. 1); Flat 1860-8, III, 289 (MH), Mork 1928-32, 57, Andersson and Gade 2000, 130, 471 (MH); Flat 1860-8, II, 408, Orkn 1913-16, 54, ÍF 34, 53 (ch. 21).
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