Hundk Lv 7VIII (HjǪ 40)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 40 (Hundingi konungr, Lausavísur 7)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 531.
text and translation
Æ ertu illr gestum, opt hefir þú hölða,
þá er mik hafa heim sóttan, til heljar færða.
Gakk á bekk annan, garpr meinhugaðr,
hnyttr inn harðleiti; harðr er á borð annat.
Ertu æ illr gestum, þú hefir opt færða hölða til heljar, þá er hafa sóttan mik heim. Gakk á annan bekk, meinhugaðr garpr, inn harðleiti hnyttr; harðr er á annat borð.
‘You are always ill-disposed to guests, you have often sent men to Hel, those who have visited me at home. Go to the other bench, malevolent fighter, hard-faced gnome; otherwise you will have a hard choice. ’
notes and context
Hundingi, impatient with Hástigi’s reluctance to give up his place for the guests, scolds him and uses threats to gain his compliance.
readings
- [1] Æ: om. papp6ˣ
- [2, 3] hölða þá: þá hölda ÍBR5ˣ
- [3] er: sem crossed out papp6ˣ
- [3] hafa: hafa crossed out papp6ˣ
- [3] sóttan: sótta papp6ˣ
- [4] færða: fært ÍBR5ˣ
- [8] harðr er: harðr hraðr corrected from harðr er 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/31 - 274v/3
imagesæ ertu jllvr gestum opt hefr þu holda þa || er mig hafa heim soktan til heliar færda gack | a Beck annann garpr meynhugadr hnittvr | hinn hardleyte hardur er a Bord annad
(RH)
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Holm papp 6 4°x (papp6x) — 54r/13 - 54r/16
ertu illr gestum,
images
opt hefir þú hölða,
þá sem mik hafa heim sótta,
til heljar færða.
Gakk á bekk annan,
garpr meinhugaðr,
hnyttr inn harðleiti;
harðr hraðr á borð annat. -
ÍBR 5 folx (ÍBR5x) — 96 - 96
Æ ertu illr gestum,
images
opt hefir þú þá hölda,
er mik hafa heim sóttan,
til heljar fært.
Gakk á bekk annan,
garpr meinhugaðr,
hnyttr inn harðleiti;
harðr er á borð annat.
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