[3-4] inni ungu Ingibjörgu ‘to the young Ingibjǫrg’: The same epithet is found with Ingibjörg’s name in Hjálm Lv 12/1-2 (Ǫrv 22). Ingibjörg is mentioned by name in the prose of the Hb and R715ˣ versions of Heiðr (but not by name in 2845), as the daughter of King Yngvi of Uppsala (Hb and R715ˣ) or Ingjaldr king of the Svíar (2845 and some Ǫrv mss), for whose hand Hjálmarr and one of the berserk brothers (Hjǫrvarðr or Angantýr) are rivals. For a discussion of the possible textual relations between all versions of this wooing story, see Heiðr 1924, lxv-lxvi. It is interesting that, although the prose of Ǫrv downplays the wooing story, certainly as motivation for the fight on Samsø, there are more stanzas related to this theme in Ǫrv mss than there are in Heiðr.
References
- Bibliography
- Heiðr 1924 = Jón Helgason, ed. 1924. Heiðreks saga. Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks konungs. SUGNL 48. Copenhagen: Jørgensen.
- Internal references
- 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 367. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=23> (accessed 25 April 2024)
- 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Ǫrvar-Odds saga’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 804. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=35> (accessed 25 April 2024)
- Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 22 (Hjálmarr inn hugumstóri, Lausavísur 12)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 837.