Anon Krm 5^VIII

Rory McTurk (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Poems, Krákumál 5’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 726.

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notes and context

[5]: This line is hypermetrical as it stands, with eigi ‘not’ in what should be metrical position 2. That can be remedied by substituting eigi with ei or affixing the suffixed negative particle –at to the verb klýfr ‘cleave’. Skj B and Skald both have klýfrat. — [9]: Line 9 here finds a close metrical parallel in Sigv Austv 6/5^I Þó séumk hitt, at hlœðir … ‘However, I fear this: that (every) loader …’, which Höskuldur Þráinsson (1970, 20) and Kristján Árnason (1991, 99) seem to regard as a case of consonantless skothending, with the <ó> of þó ‘however’ making half-rhyme with the <œ> of hlœðir ‘loader’ (cf. Note to Sigv Austv 6/5^I). It might seem that in the present instance the <á> of sá ‘that’ would make half-rhyme with the <í> of víða ‘far and wide’. The impression given by Kuhn (1983, 78), however, is that such consonantless skothendingar are only possible when the vowel or diphthong in the cadence (in these cases hlœðir and víða) is followed by a glide, <j> or <v>; cf. Note to st 3/9-10, above.

readings

• [1] Hjuggu vér með hjörvi: abbrev. as ‘[…]iugg v᷎ m᷎ h᷎.’ 1824b, Hjuggum vér með hjörvi 6ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, abbrev. as ‘H v m h.’ R702ˣ
• [2] Hygg (‘hygg ek’): so all others, ‘hy[…]’ 1824b
• [2] frýðu (‘frydo’): ‘fryde’ with ‘fly̋de W.’ in margin 6ˣ, ‘flyde’ R702ˣ, LR, ‘flýde’ R693ˣ
• [3] en: om. R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ
• [3] Heflis: heflis with ‘Hemlis W.’ in margin 6ˣ, hemlis R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ
• [4] Herruðr: ‘Herraudur’ 6ˣ, Herþjófr R702ˣ, ‘heraudur’ LR, R693ˣ
• [5] ægis: so R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, ‘eigils’ 1824b, ‘eigils’ with ‘aegis Worm’ in margin 6ˣ
• [6] jarl in frægri: ‘Jarlinn fręgri’ 6ˣ, ‘jallin frægri’ R702ˣ, ‘iarlin faegre’ LR, ‘Jarlium fægre’ R693ˣ
• [7] lunda völl: so R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, ‘lyndar voll’ 1824b, ‘lyndar vaull’ with ‘lundar vaull. Worm.’ in margin 6ˣ
• [9] siklingr: ‘siklungur’ LR, ‘sik linngur’ R693ˣ

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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.

• NKS 1824 b 4° (1824b) — 79r - 79v

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  †hy[…]† engan þá frýðu,
  áðr en á Heflis hestum
  Herruðr í styr felli.
  Klýfr eigi †eigils† öndrum
  annarr jarl in frægri
  †lyndar voll† til lægis
  á langskipum síðan.
  Sá bar siklingr víða
  snart fram í styr hjarta.

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• AM 6 folx (6x) — 86v/21 - 87r/5

  Hjuggum vér með hjörvi .
  Hygg engan þá †fryde†,
  áðr en á heflis hestum
  †Herraudur† í styr felli.
  Klýfr eigi †eigils† öndrum
  annarr †Jarlinn fręgri†
  †lyndar vaull† til lægis
  á langskipum síðan.
  Sá bar siklingr víða
  snart fram í styr hjarta.

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• UppsUB R 702x (R702x) — 29r - 29v

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  Hygg engan þá †flyde†,
  áðr á hemlis hestum
  Herþjófr í styr felli.
  Klýfr eigi ægis öndrum
  annarr †jallin frægri†
  lunda völl til lægis
  á langskipum síðan.
  Sá bar siklingr víða
  snart fram í styr hjarta.

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• Worm 1636 (LR) — 201 - 202

  Hjuggum vér með hjörvi .
  Hygg engan þá †flyde†,
  áðr á hemlis hestum
  †heraudur† í styr felli.
  Klýfr eigi ægis öndrum
  annarr †iarlin faegre†
  lunda völl til lægis
  á langskipum síðan.
  Sá bar †siklungur† víða
  snart fram í styr hjarta.

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• UppsUB R 693x (R693x) — 6v - 6v

  Hjuggum vér með hjörvi .
  Hygg engan þá †flýde†,
  áðr á hemlis hestum
  †heraudur† í styr felli.
  Klýfr eigi ægis öndrum
  annarr †Jarlium fægre†
  lunda völl til lægis
  á langskipum síðan.
  Sá bar †sik linngur† víða
  snart fram í styr hjarta.

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