[4] Sváfu ‘Sváfa’: Hervǫr’s mother is named as Sváfa in 2845 and R715ˣ, both here and elsewhere in the saga (Heiðr 1924, 8, 96, 102). There is thus stronger evidence for this reading than for Hb’s Tófa: in Hb this stanza is the only place the name Tófa appears for Hervǫr’s mother; she is not mentioned by name elsewhere in the H redaction. The eds of Edd. Min. and CPB (CPB I, 164) however, choose to retain Tófu.
References
- Bibliography
- CPB = Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and F. York Powell, eds. 1883. Corpus poeticum boreale: The Poetry of the Old Northern Tongue from the Earliest Times to the Thirteenth Century. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon. Rpt. 1965, New York: Russell & Russell.
- Edd. Min. = Heusler, Andreas and Wilhelm Ranisch, eds. 1903. Eddica Minora: Dichtungen eddischer Art aus den Fornaldarsögur und anderen Prosawerken. Dortmund: Ruhfus. Rpt. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.
- Heiðr 1924 = Jón Helgason, ed. 1924. Heiðreks saga. Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks konungs. SUGNL 48. Copenhagen: Jørgensen.