[7-8]: Ms. 2845 has here ll. 7-8 of the problematic Heiðr 36, a stanza otherwise omitted in that ms. Tolkien (Heiðr 1960, 79) suggests 2845’s reading could be closer to the original arrangement, because of the echoing of Hjálmars bani in l. 2 of the following stanza (Heiðr 39). The eds of Edd. Min. also prefer 2845’s reading for the present stanza. However, Hb and R715ˣ, with some minor variations, agree on the arrangement followed here.
References
- Bibliography
- 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 1960 = Tolkien, Christopher, ed. and trans. 1960. Saga Heiðreks konungs ins vitra / The Saga of King Heidrek the Wise. Nelson Icelandic Texts. London etc.: Nelson.
- Internal references
- Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 83 (Gestumblindi, Heiðreks gátur 36)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 450.