Hjþ Lv 12VIII (HjǪ 34)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 34 (Hjálmþér Ingason, Lausavísur 12)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 525.
text and translation
Hörðr hann heitir, hefir fátt prýði,
velr um vápn sjaldan, vill ei skart þiggja,
öldungis einninn ekki hræðiz,
maðr mjök snarligr; met ek hann mikils.
Hann heitir Hörðr, hefir fátt prýði, velr sjaldan um vápn, vill ei þiggja skart, öldungis einninn hræðiz ekki, maðr mjök snarligr; ek met hann mikils.
‘He is called Hǫrðr, has little gallantry, seldom chooses weapons, will not accept finery, likewise absolutely shows no fear, a man most keen; I value him greatly. ’
notes and context
Hjálmþér introduces Hǫrðr to the court with this stanza.
[7-8]: In order to avoid double alliteration here, Skj B changes the word order of l. 8 to mikils met ek hann, while Kock inverts the order of the two lines 7-8, treating met ek hann mikils ‘I value him greatly’ as an intercalary clause. Neither operation is necessary, as l. 7 is fornyrðislag with alliteration in metrical positions 1 and 2, while l. 8 is málaháttr, in which the two syllables of mikils carry secondary stress and no stress respectively.
readings
- [3] sjaldan: so papp6ˣ, ÍBR5ˣ, ‘
sksjaldan’ 109a IIIˣ - [5] öldungis: ‘old[…]’ 109a IIIˣ, öldunga papp6ˣ, aldregi ÍBR5ˣ
- [6] ekki: ekki hann ÍBR5ˣ
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) — 273v/29 - 274r/2
imagesHörðr hann heitir,
hefir fátt prýði,
velr um vápn †sksjaldan†,
vill ei skart þiggja,
†old[…]† einninn
ekki hræðiz,
maðr mjök snarligr;
met ek hann mikils.Haurdvr | hann heitir hefr fatt pryde vetvr vm vopn
sksia | lldann vill ey skart þijggia olldr[…]r einnen | ecke || ecke hrædizt madr miog snarligr met eg | hann micels(RH)
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Holm papp 6 4°x (papp6x) — 53v - 53v
Hörðr hann heitir,
images
hefir fátt prýði,
velr um vápn sjaldan,
vill ei skart þiggja,
öldunga einninn
ekki hræðiz,
maðr mjök snarligr;
met ek hann mikils. -
ÍBR 5 folx (ÍBR5x) — 95 - 95
Hörðr hann heitir,
images
hefir fátt prýði,
velr um vápn sjaldan,
vill ei skart þiggja,
aldregi einninn
ekki hann hræðiz,
maðr mjök snarligr;
met ek hann mikils.
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