Anon Krm 15VIII
Rory McTurk (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Poems, Krákumál 15’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 747.
text and translation
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi.
Herþjófi varð auðit
í Suðreyjum sjálfum
sigrs á órum mönnum.
Varð í randar regni
Rögnvaldr fyrir hníga;
sá kom hæstr of hölða
harmr at sverða gusti.
Hvast kastaði hristir
hjálms strengflaugar pálmi.
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi. Herþjófi varð auðit sigrs á mönnum órum í sjálfum Suðreyjum. Rögnvaldr varð hníga fyrir í {regni randar}; sá hæstr harmr kom of hölða at {gusti sverða}. {Hristir hjálms} kastaði hvast {pálmi strengflaugar}.
‘We hewed with the sword. Herþjófr was granted victory over our men in the Hebrides themselves. Rǫgnvaldr had to yield in the rain of the shield [BATTLE]; that greatest sorrow came upon men in the breeze of swords [BATTLE]. The shaker of the helmet [WARRIOR] vigorously propelled the palm-tree of the bowstring’s groove [ARROW]. ’
notes and context
[2-4]: The word order of these lines makes it highly unlikely that the def. adj. sjálfum is to be taken either as m. dat. sg. ‘himself’ and referring to Herþjófi in l. 2 or as referring in the dat. pl. to mönnum órum ‘our men’, viz. ‘our own men’ in l. 4. Konráð Gíslason (Nj 1875-89, II, 324 n. 292) favoured the latter possibility while rejecting the former, and Finnur Jónsson (Skj B), with his translation vore egne mænd ‘our own men’, followed suit. The present ed. cannot agree with Konráð that taking the adj. sjálfum ‘themselves’ with Suðreyjum ‘the Hebrides’ gives ingen antagelig mening ‘no satisfactory meaning’. ‘In the Hebrides themselves’ makes good sense, as Olsen (1935, 79) recognised, assuming a Hebridean provenance for the poem’s composition, as discussed in the Introduction. See further Note to l. 3 below.
readings
- [1] Hjuggu vér með hjörvi: abbrev. as ‘Hiug. ver m. h᷎.’ 1824b, (?) abbrev. as ‘[…] v(’) m(’) h(’)’ 147, Hjuggum vér með hjörvi 6ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, abbrev. as ‘H v med h:’ R702ˣ
- [2] Herþjófi varð auðit: ‘[...] (uard audit)’(?) 147
- [3] í Suðreyjum sjálfum: ‘(j sudureyium sialf)[…]’(?) 147
- [4] sigrs á órum mönnum: ‘[...] monnum’ 147
- [5] í: so R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, at 1824b, ‘(j)’(?) 147, at with ‘j W.’ in margin 6ˣ
- [5] randar: ‘[...]dar’ 147, randa R702ˣ, R693ˣ, ‘rauda’ LR
- [5] regni: ‘[…]’ 147
- [6] Rögnvaldr: ‘rr[…]g[…]lldur’ 147
- [6] fyrir: so 147, 6ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, ‘fyrrr’ 1824b, fyr or fyrir R702ˣ
- [6] hníga: ‘hn(í)ga’(?) 147
- [7] sá kom hæstr: ‘sa k(o)m h[…]ur’(?) 147
- [7] of hölða (‘of haulda’): ‘[...] h[...]vllda’(?) 147, yfir hauka R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ
- [8] harmr: so 6ˣ, R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, ‘harrm’ 1824b, ‘har[...]’ 147
- [8] at sverða: ‘[…] (sverda)’(?) 147
- [8] gusti: leiki R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ
- [9] Hvast kastaði hristir: ‘huas(t) [...]’(?) 147
- [10] hjálms: so R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, almr 1824b, ‘[…](lmur)’(?) 147, ‘almur’ with ‘hialms W. fors. alms’ in margin 6ˣ
- [10] strengflaugar: ‘strenglaugar’ 1824b, 6ˣ, R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, ‘stre(ng)[…]’(?) 147
- [10] pálmi: ‘[…]al[…]’ 147
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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NKS 1824 b 4° (1824b) — 80r - 80r
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images
Herþjófi varð auðit
í Suðreyjum sjálfum
sigrs á órum mönnum.
Varð at randar regni
Rögnvaldr †fyrrr† hníga;
sá kom hæstr of hölða
†harrm† at sverða gusti.
Hvast kastaði hristir
almr †strenglaugar† pálmi. -
AM 147 4° (147) — 108v - 108v
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images
†[...] (uard audit)†
†(j sudureyium sialf)[…]†
†[...] monnum† .
Varð †(j) [...]dar […]†
†rr[…]g[…]lldur† fyrir †hn(í)ga†;
†sa k(o)m h[…]ur† †[...] h[...]vllda†
†har[...] […] (sverda)† gusti.
†huas(t) [...]†
†[…](lmur) stre(ng)[…] […]al[…]†. -
AM 6 folx (6x) — 89r - 89r
Hjuggum vér með hjörvi .
images
Herþjófi varð auðit
í Suðreyjum sjálfum
sigrs á órum mönnum.
Varð at randar regni
Rögnvaldr fyrir hníga;
sá kom hæstr of hölða
harmr at sverða gusti.
Hvast kastaði hristir
†almur strenglaugar† pálmi. -
UppsUB R 702x (R702x) — 30v - 30v
.
images
Herþjófi varð auðit
í Suðreyjum sjálfum
sigrs á órum mönnum.
Varð í randa regni
Rögnvaldr fyr hníga;
sá kom hæstr yfir hauka
harmr at sverða leiki.
Hvast kastaði hristir
hjálms †strenglaugar† pálmi. -
Worm 1636 (LR) — 212 - 213
Hjuggum vér með hjörvi .
images
Herþjófi varð auðit
í Suðreyjum sjálfum
sigrs á órum mönnum.
Varð í †rauda† regni
Rögnvaldr fyrir hníga;
sá kom hæstr yfir hauka
harmr at sverða leiki.
Hvast kastaði hristir
hjálms †strenglaugar† pálmi. -
UppsUB R 693x (R693x) — 11v - 11v
Hjuggum vér með hjörvi .
Herþjófi varð auðit
í Suðreyjum sjálfum
sigrs á órum mönnum.
Varð í randa regni
Rögnvaldr fyrir hníga;
sá kom hæstr yfir hauka
harmr at sverða leiki.
Hvast kastaði hristir
hjálms †strenglaugar† pálmi.
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], H. Krákumál 15: AI, 645, BI, 652, Skald I, 318, NN §2155 anm.; Rafn 1826, 12-15, 125-7, Pfeiffer 1860, 125, CPB II, 342-3, Wisén 1886-9, I, 64, Krm 1891, 227, Finnur Jónsson 1893b, 88, Finnur Jónsson 1905, 155; Ragn 1906-8, 188.
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