Útsteinn Útkv 7VIII (Hálf 47)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 47 (Útsteinn Gunnlaðarson, Útsteinskviða 7)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 341.
text and translation
Nú em ek inn kominn Úlfi at segja,
at hans synir höggnir liggja.
Nú fari, Eysteinn, ef ér vilið,
fleiri at freista við fleina við.
Nú em ek kominn inn at segja Úlfi, at synir hans liggja höggnir. Fari nú fleiri at freista við {við fleina}, Eysteinn, ef ér vilið.
‘Now I have come in to tell Úlfr that his sons lie slain. Now let more [men] go to try [their strength] against the tree of spears [WARRIOR = Útsteinn], Eysteinn, if you wish. ’
notes and context
The stanza is preceded by a short prose paragraph: Þá gengu þeir Úlfssynir ok Útsteinn út ok börðuzt. Hann drap alla Úlfssonu ok gekk síðan inn fyrir kóng ok kvað ‘Then Úlfr’s sons and Útsteinn went outside and fought. He killed all Úlfr’s sons and then went in before the king and said’.
[5-6]: There is no alliteration in these lines, and this is likely to have been caused by the introduction of the later form of the 2nd pers. pl. nom. pronoun þér rather than the older ér in l. 6. Most eds have normalised to the older form.
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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.
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GKS 2845 4° (2845) — 37v/11 - 37v/13
imagesNú em ek inn kominn
Úlfi at segja,
at hans synir
höggnir liggja.
Nú fari, Eysteinn,
ef þér vilit,
fleiri at freista
við fleina við.Nu er ek ínn komíɴ ulfi at segía at hans ǀ syner hauggner liggia nu fari Eysteinn ef þer uilít fleíri at freista uid ǀ fleina uid
(HS)
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