FriðÞ Lv 4VIII (Frið 4)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Friðþjófs saga ins frœkna 4 (Friðþjófr Þorsteinsson, Lausavísur 4)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 198.
text and translation
Þat var forðum á Framnesi;
rera ek opt á tal við Ingibjörgu.
Nú skal ek sigla í svölu veðri,
láta létt und mér lögdýr bruna.
Þat var forðum á Framnesi; ek rera opt á tal við Ingibjörgu. Nú skal ek sigla í svölu veðri, láta {lögdýr} bruna létt und mér.
‘It was long ago at Framnes; I often rowed to have conversation with Ingibjǫrg. Now I must sail in the cold storm, make the sea-animal [SHIP] speed easily beneath me. ’
notes and context
Shortly after a lull in the storm, the wind begins to freshen and Friðþjófr speaks this stanza.
This is the first stanza in the A redaction of Frið and the fourth in the B redaction, the first to appear in both redactions. Larsson (Frið 1901, xiv) detected a similarity with Friðþjófs rímur III, 12-13, but it is not very close. The stanza contrasts Friðþjófr’s previously happy life courting Ingibjörg and his present privations at sea. The metre is fornyrðislag, although l. 4 is in málaháttr. Clear differences between the two redactions are apparent in ll. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8 (cf. Wenz’s discussion in Frið 1914, lxxiii).
readings
- [1] forðum: fyrri papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, fyrr 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
- [2] á Framnesi: ‘a fra[…]’ 568ˣ
- [3] rera ek opt: ‘[…]’ 568ˣ, rædda ek oft 27ˣ, at reri ek papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
- [3] á tal: ‘[…] vit’ 568ˣ, á vit papp17ˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ, á 109a IIˣ
- [4] við Ingibjörgu: Ingibjargar 568ˣ
- [5] ek: om. 568ˣ, papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
- [6] svölu: svöl‑ papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ
- [7] láta: so all others, ok láta 510
- [7] und mér (‘under mier’): ‘u[…]’ 568ˣ, undan papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
- [8] lög‑: ‘[…]’ 568ˣ, lang papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
- [8] bruna: ‘[…]runa’ 568ˣ, hlaupa papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
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 510 4° (510) — 93r/9 - 93r/11
imagesÞat var forðum
á Framnesi;
rera ek opt á tal
við Ingibjörgu.
Nú skal ek sigla
í svölu veðri,
ok láta létt und mér
lögdýr bruna.Þad uar forddum ꜳ̋ framnesí. ʀera | ec opt ꜳ̋ tal uid. Jngebiorgu. nu skal ec sigla j suolu uedri. og lata lett under | mier. laugdyr bruna.
(JG)
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AM 568 4°x (568x) — 100r - 100r
Þat var forðum
images
†a fra[…]† ;
†[…]† †[…] vit†
Ingibjargar .
Nú skal sigla
í svölu veðri,
láta létt †u[…]†
†[…]†dýr †[…]runa†. -
JS 27 folx (27x) — 134v - 134v
Þat var forðum
images
á Framnesi;
rædda ek oft á tal
við Ingibjörgu.
Nú skal ek sigla
í svölu veðri,
láta létt und mér
lögdýr bruna. -
Holm papp 17 4°x (papp17x) — 358v/20 - 358v/21
imagesÞat var fyrri
á Framnesi;
at reri ek á vit
við Ingibjörgu.
Nú skal sigla
í svöl- veðri,
láta létt undan
langdýr hlaupa.Þad var fyrre, ä framm nese, ad rere eg ä vit vid jngebiorgu nu skal sigla j suꝍl vedri | Lata liett vndan, lang dyr hlaupa·
(JG)
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AM 109 a II 8°x (109a IIx) — 146v - 146v
Þat var fyrri
images
á Framnesi;
at reri ek á
við Ingibjörgu.
Nú skal sigla
í svöl- veðri,
láta létt undan
langdýr hlaupa. -
GKS 1006 folx (1006x) — 582/27 - 583/2
imagesÞat var fyrr
á Framnesi;
at reri ek á vit
við Ingibjörgu.
Nú skal sigla
í svöl- veðri,
láta létt undan
langdýr hlaupa.Þad var firr ꜳ frammnesi ad rere eg a || vit vid Jngibiorgu nu skal siglaj suolvedre lata liett | undan langdyr hlaupa.
(JG)
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AM 173 folx (173x) — 84r/22 - 84r/29
Þat var fyrr
images
á Framnesi;
at reri ek á vit
við Ingibjörgu.
Nú skal sigla
í svölu veðri,
láta létt undan
langdýr hlaupa.
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