SnH Lv 3II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sneglu-Halli, Lausavísur 3’ 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. 325-6.
text and translation
Selja munk við sufli
sverð mitt, konungr, verða
ok, rymskyndir randa,
rauðan skjǫld við brauði.
Hungrar hilmis drengi;
heldr gǫngum vér svangir;
mér dregr hrygg at hvôru
— Haraldr sveltir mik — belti.
Munk verða selja sverð mitt við sufli, konungr, ok, {{randa rym}skyndir}, rauðan skjǫld við brauði. Hungrar drengi hilmis; vér gǫngum heldr svangir; belti dregr hrygg mér at hvôru; Haraldr sveltir mik.
‘I shall have to sell my sword for meat, king, and, hastener of the noise of shield-rims [(lit. ‘noise-hastener of shield-rims’) BATTLE > WARRIOR], the red shield for bread. The lord’s men are hungry; we walk around quite famished; the belt truly pulls at my spine; Haraldr is starving me.’
notes and context
The morning after the episode described in Lv 2 above, Halli, wearing his shield and sword, approaches King Haraldr and recites this st.
readings
- [1] sufli: ‘silfur’ 563aˣ
- [3] rymskyndir: ryðskyndir 593b, ‘Runnskijder’ 563aˣ
- [4] við: með 563aˣ
- [4] brauði: brandi or ‘braudi’ 593b
- [5] hilmis: hilmir 563aˣ
- [6] heldr: hér 593b
- [7] mér dregr hrygg at hvôru: ‘mióg dregur af mier meiginn’ 563aˣ
- [7] mér: nær 593b
- [7] hrygg: hungr 593b
- [8] Haraldr sveltir mik belti: hart sveltir mik galti 563aˣ
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 1005 fol (Flat) — 207rb/5 - 207rb/5
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AM 593 b 4° (593b) — 30v/21 - 31r/3
Selja munk við sufli
images
sverð mitt, konungr, verða
ok, ryðskyndir randa,
rauðan skjǫld við brandi.
Hungrar hilmis drengi;
hér gǫngum vér svangir;
nær dregr hungr at hvôru
— Haraldr sveltir mik — belti. -
AM 563 a 4°x (563ax) — 12/1 - 12/3
Selja munk við †silfur†
images
sverð mitt, konungr, verða
ok, †Runnskijder† randa,
rauðan skjǫld með brauði.
Hungrar hilmir drengi;
heldr gǫngum vér svangir;
†mióg dregur af mier meiginn†
— hart sveltir mik galti — .
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