Hjþ Lv 3VIII (HjǪ 5)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 5 (Hjálmþér Ingason, Lausavísur 3)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 497.
text and translation
Hræðilig muntu þykkja hölða liði,
þótt þú oss í sinni sér.
Engan várn seggja þú svíkja munt,
vösk vinkona, Vör in harðleita.
Muntu þykkja liði hölða hræðilig, þótt þú sér oss í sinni. Þú munt svíkja engan várn seggja, vösk vinkona, Vör in harðleita.
‘You will seem dreadful to the company of heroes, even though you may be of help to us. You will deceive not one of our men, valiant woman-friend, the hard-faced Vör <goddess>. ’
notes and context
This stanza follows straight on from HjǪ 4, and is introduced with hann kvað ‘he said’.
This stanza, like HjǪ 4, is in ljóðaháttr, but it contains an extra line (l. 7) which is loosely connected to the rest of the stanza and is present in all mss. It is omitted by many eds, including Skj B (but not Skj A), Skald and FSGJ.
readings
- [2] liði: mengi corrected from ‘liði’ above the line in another hand papp6ˣ
- [3] þótt: þó papp6ˣ
- [3] sér (‘siert’): so ÍBR5ˣ, ‘sitier’ 109a IIIˣ, ‘sitier’ with sert added above oss in another hand papp6ˣ
- [7] Vör in: munt 109a IIIˣ, ÍBR5ˣ, ‘vør hin’ corrected from ‘mun’ above the line in another hand papp6ˣ
- [7] ‑leita: so corrected from ‘‑letra’ in another hand papp6ˣ, ‘‑letra’ 109a IIIˣ, 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) — 267v/8 - 267v/10
imagesHræðilig muntu þykkja
hölða liði,
þótt þú oss í sinni †sitier†.
Engan várn seggja
þú svíkja munt,
vösk vinkona,
munt harð†-letra†.Hrædeleg mvntu þikia holda lide þott þu oss | j sinne sitiir aunguan vorn seggia þu svykia munt | vausk vinkona mvnt hardletra.
(RH)
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Holm papp 6 4°x (papp6x) — 48v - 48v
Hræðilig muntu þykkja
images
hölða mengi,
þó þú oss í sinni †sitier†.
Engan várn seggja
þú svíkja munt,
vösk vinkona,
†vør hin† harðleita. -
ÍBR 5 folx (ÍBR5x) — 88 - 88
Hræðilig muntu þykkja
images
hölða liði,
þótt þú oss í sinni sér.
Engan várn seggja
þú svíkja munt,
vösk vinkona,
munt harð†-letra†.
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