Hǫrðr Lv 2VIII (HjǪ 25)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 25 (Hǫrðr/Hringr, Lausavísur 2)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 518.
text and translation
Hörðr mælti, inn hyggjustóri:
‘Hví hrekr þú mik, Hervör, í orðum?
Væri heldr nær vífi skæru
vera hoskum dreng holl í ráðum.’
Hörðr mælti, inn hyggjustóri: ‘Hví hrekr þú mik í orðum, Hervör? Væri heldr nær skæru vífi vera hoskum dreng holl í ráðum.’
‘Hǫrðr spoke, the great-minded: ‘Why do you scold me, Hervǫr? It would be rather more fitting for a pure woman to be gracious in counsels to a wise man.’ ’
notes and context
Hǫrðr asks Hervǫr why she is trying to frighten him, when women such as she would customarily welcome travelling heroes to their courts.
readings
- [3] Hví: so ÍBR5ˣ, því 109a IIIˣ, papp6ˣ
- [5] nær: so papp6ˣ, om. 109a IIIˣ, ÍBR5ˣ
- [6] skæru: so papp6ˣ, ÍBR5ˣ, skær 109a IIIˣ
- [7] vera: at vera papp6ˣ
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 109 a III 8°x (109a IIIx) — 272v/26 - 272v/29
imagesHörðr mælti,
inn hyggjustóri:
‘því hrekr þú mik,
Hervör, í orðum?
Væri heldr
vífi skær
vera hoskum dreng
holl í ráðum.’Haurdr | Mælti hinn hyggiu store þvi hrekr þu mic hervor | j ordum væri helldr vyfe skiær vera hoskvmm | dreing holl j ʀadum
(RH)
-
Holm papp 6 4°x (papp6x) — 52v - 53r
Hörðr mælti,
images
inn hyggjustóri:
‘því hrekr þú mik,
Hervör, í orðum?
Væri heldr nær
vífi skæru
at vera hoskum dreng
holl í ráðum.’ -
ÍBR 5 folx (ÍBR5x) — 94 - 94
Hörðr mælti,
images
inn hyggjustóri:
‘Hví hrekr þú mik,
Hervör, í orðum?
Væri heldr
vífi skæru
vera hoskum dreng
holl í ráðum.’
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