Gestumbl Heiðr 9VIII (Heiðr 56)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 56 (Gestumblindi, Heiðreks gátur 9)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 419.
text and translation
Hvat er þat undra, er ek úti sá
fyrir Dellings durum?
Ókyrrir tveir andalausir
sára lauk suðu.
Heiðrekr konungr, hyggðu at gátu.
Hvat undra er þat, er ek sá úti fyrir durum Dellings? Ókyrrir tveir andalausir suðu {lauk sára}. Heiðrekr konungr, hyggðu at gátu.
‘What is the wonder that I saw outside before Dellingr’s doors? Two unquiet things, without breath, cooked a leek of wounds [SWORD]. Kings Heiðrekr, think about the riddle. ’
notes and context
Heiðrekr’s response is (Heiðr 1960, 34): þat eru smiðbelgir; þeir hafa engan vind, nema þeim sé blásit, ok eru þeir dauðir sem annat smíði, en fyrir þeim má líkt smíða sverð sem annat ‘those are smith’s bellows; they have no wind, unless they are inflated, and they are dead like other smith-craft [i.e. man-made objects], but because of them one can just as well forge a sword as any other thing’. — In the R redaction this stanza follows Gestumbl Heiðr 4 (Heiðr 51). Although this arrangement does not achieve the grouping of riddles with the same opening formula found in the H redaction and preferred in the present edn, it is a logical placing since both solutions refer to objects used in smith-craft. — [1-3]: See Note to Heiðr 55/1-3. This is the first occurrence of this repeated opening formula in 2845. — [1]: See Note to Heiðr 55/1.
readings
- [1] þat: om. 281ˣ, 597bˣ
- [3] fyrir: so 597bˣ, ‘f’ all others
- [3] Dellings: döglings 281ˣ, 597bˣ, delling R715ˣ
- [4] Ókyrrir: so 281ˣ, 597bˣ, ókvikvir 2845, ok ókyrrir corrected from ‘oku okirrir’ in the hand of JR R715ˣ
- [4] tveir: so 597bˣ, ‘ii’ 2845, 281ˣ, ‘iij’ R715ˣ
- [5] andalausir: ‘anda L:’ 597bˣ
- [6] suðu: suðu corrected from ‘sudur’ in another hand 597bˣ
- [7-8] abbrev. as ‘h k h at’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘h. k.’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h K. h:’ 597bˣ
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 2845 4° (2845) — 71r/5 - 71r/6
imagesHvat er þat undra,
er ek úti sá
fyrir Dellings durum?
ókvikvir †ii†
andalausir
sára lauk suðu.
,
.huat er þat undra er ek uttí sa fyrir dellings dyrum okuikuir íí | anda lausir sara lꜹk sudu h k h at
(HB)
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AM 281 4°x (281x) — 99v/6 - 99v/7
imagesHvat er undra,
er ek úti sá
fyrir döglings durum?
Ókyrrir †ii†
andalausir
sára lauk suðu.
,
.hvad er vndra er eg vti | s fyrer Dóglings dyrum⸝ okӳrrir ij anda lauser sralauk sudu. h. kongur.
(HB)
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AM 597 b 4°x (597bx) — 49v/17 - 49v/18
imagesHvat er undra,
er ek úti sá
fyrir döglings durum?
Ókyrrir tveir
†anda L:†
sára lauk suðu.
,
.hvad er undra er eg ute s fyrer dỏglings dyrum Okyrer tvejr anda L: | sra lauk sudur⸝ h K y :
(HB)
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UppsUB R 715x (R715x) — 28v/22 - 28v/24 [1-6]
imagesHvat er þat undra,
er ek úti sá
fyrir delling durum?
ok ókyrrir †iij†
andalausir
sára lauk suðu.
Heiðrekr konungr,
hyggðu at gátu.huort er þad vndra er eg vti sa fyrir | delling dӳrum oku okirrir iij anda | lausir sara lauk sӳdu
(HB)
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AM 203 folx (203x) — 102r/17 - 102r/22
imageshuad er þad undra⸝ er | eg ute sa⸝ fyrer dellings durum | okvikver tueir annda-lausir | sara lauk sudu . | heidrekr konungur hygg þu ad | gatu .
(HB)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], D. 5. Heiðreks gátur 5: AII, 222, BII, 241, Skald II, 125; Heiðr 1672, 148, FSN 1, 468, Heiðr 1873, 242, 335, Heiðr 1924, 60-1, 64, 136, FSGJ 2, 39, Heiðr 1960, 34; Edd. Min. 109.
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