Gríml Lv 3VIII (GrL 5)
Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2017, ‘Gríms saga loðinkinna 5 (Grímr loðinkinni, Lausavísur 3)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 294.
text and translation
Skal ek ykr báðum skjótliga heita
oddi ok eggju í upphafi.
Munu þá reyna Hrungnis mellur,
hvárt betr dugir broddr eða krumma.
Ek skal heita ykr báðum oddi ok eggju skjótliga í upphafi. {Mellur Hrungnis} munu þá reyna, hvárt broddr eða krumma dugir betr.
‘I will quickly promise you both at the outset weapon-point and blade. The female lovers of Hrungnir <giant> [GIANTESSES] will discover then whether weapon-point or claw is more effective.’
notes and context
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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 343 a 4° (343a) — 58r/27 - 58r/29
Skal ek ykr báðum
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skjótliga heita
oddi ok eggju
í upphafi.
Munu þá reyna
Hrungnis mellur,
hvárt betr at dugir
broddr eða krumma. -
AM 471 4° (471) — 57v - 57v
Skal ek ykr báðum
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skjótliga heita
oddi ok eggju
í upphafi.
Munu þá reyna
Rögnis mellur,
hvárt betr dugir
broddr eða krumma. -
AM 340 4°x (340x) — 26/23 - 26/25
imagesSkal eg ýckur bädum , skíótliga beýta , Odde | J eggiu , og vpphaffe , munu þa reýna hrumnez m | ellur , huort ad betur dauger Broddur eda krumma |
(VEÞ)
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AM 109 a I 8°x (109a Ix) — 78v/5 - 78v/8
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