Ásb Ævkv 5VIII (OStór 8)
Peter Jorgensen (ed.) 2017, ‘Orms þáttr Stórólfssonar 8 (Ásbjǫrn, Ævikviða 5)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 612.
text and translation
Annat var, þá er inni.
Ek veitta ferð sveittri
högg með hvassri tuggu
Herjans suðr í skerjum
Elfar. Opt nam kólfi
Ormr hagliga at forma
mest, þá er Miðjungs traustir
mágar eptir lágu.
Annat var, þá er inni. Ek veitta högg með {hvassri tuggu Herjans} sveittri ferð suðr í skerjum Elfar. Ormr nam opt at forma kólfi hagliga mest, þá er {traustir mágar Miðjungs} lágu eptir.
‘It used to be different, when inside. I dealt blows with the sharp mouthful of Herjan <= Fenrir(?)> [SWORD] to the bloody host down south among the skerries of the Götaälv. Ormr often aimed with the arrow skilfully mostly when the trusted kinsmen of Miðjungr <giant> [GIANTS] were left lying. ’
notes and context
readings
- [2] sveittri: ‘suittri’ 2845
- [5] Elfar: ‘ejder’ 554h βˣ
- [5] Opt nam kólfi (‘kolfui’): opt nam bölvi 2845, ‘hier allkýntur’ 554h βˣ
- [6] hagliga: makliga 554h βˣ
- [6] at: om. 2845
- [6] forma: forðum 554h βˣ
- [7] Miðjungs: niðjungs 2845, ‘midand’ 554h βˣ
- [8] mágar: margar 2845, marga 554h βˣ
- [8] lágu: varga 554h βˣ
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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GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 70va/29 - 70va/32
images -
GKS 2845 4° (2845) — 23v/24 - 23v/27
Annat var, þá er inni.
images
Ek veitta ferð †suittri†
högg með hvassri tuggu
Herjans suðr í skerjum
Elfar. opt nam bölvi
Ormr hagliga forma
mest, þá er niðjungs traustir
margar eptir lágu. -
AM 554 h β 4°x (554h βx) — 63v/7 - 63v/10
Annat var, þá er inni.
images
Ek veitta ferð sveittri
högg með hvassri tuggu
Herjans suðr í skerjum
†ejder†. †hier allkýntur†
Ormr makliga at forðum
mest, þá er †midand† traustir
marga eptir varga.
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], E. 18. Vers af Fornaldarsagaer: Af Orms þáttr Stórólfssonar IV 5: AII, 344, BII, 366, Skald II, 198, NN §2495B; ÓT 1689, 13, Fms 3, 219, Flat 1860-8, I, 528, Þorleifur Jónsson 1904, 213, Guðni Jónsson 1935, 184 (ch. 7), Guðni Jónsson 1946-9, 11, 457-8 (ch. 7), Faulkes 2011b, 70 (ch. 7) (OStór).
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