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Aðils Lv 1VIII (Hrólf 9)

†Desmond Slay (ed.) 2017, ‘Hrólfs saga kraka 9 (Aðils konungr, Lausavísa 1)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 547.

Aðils konungrLausavísa1

introduction

Hrólf 9-11 are found in the section of the saga dealing with the visit of King Hrólfr and his champions to the hall of King Aðils of Sweden.

text and translation

Dalr er í hnakka,         auga er ór höfði,
örr er í enni,         högg eru á hendi tvau.

Dalr er í hnakka, auga er ór höfði, örr er í enni, tvau högg eru á hendi.
 
‘There is a hollow in the back of his head, an eye is out of his head, a scar is on his forehead, two cuts are on his arm.

notes and context

When King Hrólfr and his champions visit King Aðils in his hall, Svipdagr leads them in, and Aðils greets his former follower with these words.

[2]: The alliteration is on the second stave; Finnur Jónsson (Skj B), and Kock (Skald; NN §2835), emend to ór hǫfði auga. — [3-4]: As in Hrólf 5/1-2, l. 4 has double alliteration, and there is no alliteration between ll. 3 and 4; both Skj B and Skald delete eru in l. 4 to create a metrical line, and Kock emends to hǫgg á armi tvau.

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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.

editions and texts

Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], E. 1. Vers af Fornaldarsagaer: Af Hrólfs saga kraka 9: AII, 232, BII, 250, Skald II, 130, NN §2835; Hrólf 1960, 93.

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