Sigv Lv 30I
Judith Jesch (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Lausavísur 30’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 736.
text and translation
Ástríði lát œðri,
Alfhildr, an þik sjalfa,
þér þótt þinn hagr stórum
— þat vildi goð — batni.
Alfhildr, lát Ástríði œðri an þik sjalfa, þótt hagr þinn batni þér stórum; goð vildi þat.
‘Álfhildr, set Ástríðr higher than yourself, though your position is improving for you greatly; God willed it. ’
notes and context
As for Lv 29. In Norway, after Queen Ástríðr and Álfhildr, the queen mother, have an exchange of words, Sigvatr speaks this helmingr.
readings
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) — 500v/14 - 500v/17
imagesAstriði lattu ø̨ðri | Álfhildr en þic sialfa | þer þot þiɴ hagr storum | þat vildi Guð batni |
(RDF)
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AM 39 fol (39) — 13va/37 - 13vb/1
imagesÁstríði lát œðri,
Alfhildr, an þik sjalfa,
þér þinn hagr stórum
— þat vildi goð — batni.Azt
ñi lat v æãri alfhilldr en ãic sialfa ã || ãin hagr stor ã villdi gvñ batni . | (RDF)
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AM 45 fol (F) — 38rb/12 - 38rb/13
imagesÁstríði lát œðri,
Alfhildr, an þik sjalfa,
þinn hagr hefir stórum
— þat vildi goð — batnat.Ast
ãi látto æñri alfhilldr e® ãíg síalfa ãí® hagr | hef stor ãát villdi gvñ batn´at . (RDF)
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AM 38 folx (J2x) — 243r/6 - 243r/9
imagesAztrin˜e lattu æa˜ri | Alfh
en a˜ic sialfa | a˜ a˜ott a˜in hagr storu | a˜ villdi gun˜ batni | (RDF)
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AM 47 fol (E) — 4v/19 - 4v/20
imagesÁstríði lát œðri,
Alf-hildi, an þik sjalfa,
þér þótt þinn hagr stórum
— þat vildi goð — batni.Ast
ñi lat{t} ãu oñri | alfhillde en ãik sialfa ã ãott ãin hagr storo ã villdi guñ batni (RDF)
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AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 311v/21 - 311v/24
imagesAzstriãi lattu æãri (Astr:) | Alfhilldr enn ãik sialfa | ãér ãott ãinn hagr storum | ãat villdi guã batni . ||
(RDF)
editions and texts
Skj: Sigvatr Þórðarson, 13. Lausavísur 32: AI, 275, BI, 254, Skald I, 131; Hkr 1777-1826, III, 14, VI, 127, Hkr 1868, 522 (MGóð ch. 10), Hkr 1893-1901, III, 21, IV, 186, ÍF 28, 20, Hkr 1991, 568 (MGóð ch. 9), F 1871, 174, E 1916, 13; Konráð Gíslason 1892, 42, 192-3, Jón Skaptason 1983, 214, 330.
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