Hundk Lv 6VIII (HjǪ 38)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 38 (Hundingi konungr, Lausavísur 6)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 529.
text and translation
Statt upp, Hástigi, ok gef rúm gestum,
mönnum velbornum, furðu farmóðum.
Mik hafa eigi öðlingar áðr heim sóttan,
þeir er mér sýnz hafa með betra bragði.
Statt upp, Hástigi, ok gef gestum rúm, velbornum mönnum, furðu farmóðum. Öðlingar hafa eigi sóttan mik áðr heim, þeir er sýnz mér hafa með betra bragði.
‘Stand up, Hástigi, and make space for the guests, well-born men, very travel-weary. Princes have not visited me before who seemed to me to have better behaviour. ’
notes and context
Hundingi looks at Hástigi and orders him in this stanza to vacate his seat as a sign of hospitality to the guests.
Most previous eds (with the exception of HjǪ 1970 and Valdimar Ásmundarson 1885-9, in part) have taken the opportunity to ‘improve’ this stanza by emending l. 1 (statt replaced with rís ‘rise’ to give regular alliteration, so Skj B and Skald) and by adopting the additional text written above the line in papp6ˣ, replacing l. 4 with ok frekum í ræðu ‘and bold in speech’. If the mss’ original forms are retained in ll. 3-4 there is no alliteration. On the other hand, Hundingi’s deliberate and ironic use of repeated velbornum ‘well-born’ (l. 3) from l. 8 of the previous stanza, is lost. Most previous eds also adopt the additional svinnra ‘wiser, more prudent’ from papp6ˣ in l. 8, again to provide regular alliteration. The additional readings from papp6ˣ make ll. 3-4 and 8 of this stanza metrical and alliteratively regular, viz. furðu farmóðum | ok frekum í ræðu ‘very travel-weary and bold in speech’ (ll. 3-4) and með svinnra bragði ‘more prudent behaviour’ (l. 8).
readings
- [1] Statt: so papp6ˣ, ÍBR5ˣ, stattu 109a IIIˣ
- [3] mönnum: mínum papp6ˣ
- [3] velbornum: velbornum ok crossed out in another hand papp6ˣ
- [4] furðu farmóðum: furðu farmóðum with ok frekum í ræþu written above the line in another hand papp6ˣ
- [7] þeir er: þeir all
- [8] betra: svinnra corrected from betra above the line in another hand 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) — 274r/21 - 274r/25
imagesstattu upp, Hástigi,
ok gef rúm gestum,
mönnum velbornum,
furðu farmóðum.
Mik hafa eigi öðlingar
áðr heim sóttan,
þeir mér sýnz hafa
með betra bragði.Stattv | vpp hastyge og gef ʀvm gestvm monnum vel Bornum fv | rdu farmodvm mic hafa ey Audlyngar advr | heim soktann þeir mier synst hafa med Betra | Bragde
(RH)
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Holm papp 6 4°x (papp6x) — 54r/7 - 54r/9
Statt upp, Hástigi,
images
ok gef rúm gestum,
mínum velbornum ok,
furðu farmóðum .
Mik hafa eigi öðlingar
áðr heim sóttan,
þeir mér sýnz hafa
með svinnra bragði. -
ÍBR 5 folx (ÍBR5x) — 96 - 96
Statt upp, Hástigi,
images
ok gef rúm gestum,
mönnum velbornum,
furðu farmóðum.
Mik hafa eigi öðlingar
áðr heim sóttan,
þeir mér sýnz hafa
með betra bragði.
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