Anon Brúðv 9VII
Valgerður Erna Þorvaldsdóttir (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Brúðkaupsvísur 9’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 535-6.
text and translation
Lýðir hvöttu lyngbjóð
laungum á kvánfaung,
en súða snarmeiðr
sóta vara þess fljótr.
Faxa játti Freyr loks
fjarðar, er þá varð
frænda, við flein-Þund,
fíkjum um það vili ríkr.
Lýðir hvöttu {lyngbjóð} laungum á kvánfaung, en {snarmeiðr {sóta súða}} vara þess fljótr. {Freyr {faxa fjarðar}} játti loks við {flein-Þund}, er fíkjum ríkr vili frænda varð um það þá.
‘People repeatedly urged the heather-giver [GENEROUS MAN] to marriage, but the bold tree of the horse of planking [SHIP > SEAFARER] was not ready for that. The Freyr <god> of the maned one of the fjord [SHIP > SEAFARER] consented finally to the spear-Þundr <= Óðinn> [WARRIOR], when a very strong wish of [his] kinsmen then was for it.’
notes and context
[5-8]: The second helmingr describes the family pressure upon the young man to get married. The kenning flein-Þundr ‘spear-Þundr <Óðinn>’ (l. 7) refers to an otherwise unspecified kinsman to whom the young man finally promises to obey the family’s wishes.
readings
- [1] Lýðir: so 1032ˣ, 399a‑bˣ, 2166ˣ, ‘Ly[...]’ 721
- [3] snarmeiðr: svarmeiðr 721
- [4] vara: var 721
- [6] er: en 1032ˣ, 399a‑bˣ, 2166ˣ
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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AM 721 4° (721) — 14v/1 - 14v/2
images†Ly[...]† hvöttu lyngbjóð
laungum á kvánfaung,
en súða svarmeiðr
sóta var þess fljótr.
Faxa játti Freyr loks
fjarðar, er þá varð
frænda, við flein-Þund,
fíkjum um það vili ríkr.Ly[...] huo᷎ttu lyngbíod · lavngum a̋ kvon fo᷎ng ᷎ enn svda svarmeídr sȯta var þess fliȯtr · | faxa iatti fr⸌e⸍yr loxx · fiardar er þa̋ vard · frænda vid flein þvnd · fikium um þat vili rikr ·· |
(VEÞ)
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AM 1032 4°x (1032x) — 100v/14 - 101v/4
Lýðir hvöttu lyngbjóð
laungum á kvánfaung,
en súða snarmeiðr
sóta vara þess fljótr.
Faxa játti Freyr loks
fjarðar, en þá varð
frænda, við flein-Þund,
fíkjum um það vili ríkr.Lydir hvo᷎ttv lyngbíod | lavngvm a̋ kvon fo᷎ng | enn suda svarmeídr | sȯta var þess fliȯtr || faxa iatti freyr loxx | fiardar enn þa̋ vard | frænda vid flein þvnd | fikivm vm þat vilí rikr. |
(VEÞ)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx) — 4/6 - 4/13
Lýðir hvöttu lyngbjóð
laungum á kvánfaung,
en súða snarmeiðr
sóta vara þess fljótr.
Faxa játti Freyr loks
fjarðar, en þá varð
frænda, við flein-Þund,
fíkjum um það vili ríkr.Lýðir hvo᷎ttu lýngbjóð | laungum á kvonfaung | en súða svarmeiðr | sóta var þess fljótr; | faxa játti freyr loks | fjarðar, en þá varð | frænda við fleinþund | fíkjum um þat vili ríkr. |
(VEÞ)
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Lbs 2166 4°x (2166x) — 4/9 - 4/16
Lýðir hvöttu lyngbjóð
laungum á kvánfaung,
en súða snarmeiðr
sóta vara þess fljótr.
Faxa játti Freyr loks
fjarðar, en þá varð
frænda, við flein-Þund,
fíkjum um það vili ríkr.Lýðir hvo᷎ttu lyngbjóð | laungum á kvonfaung, | en súða svarmeiðr | sóta var þess (ó)fljótr; | faxa játti freyr loks | fjarðar, en þá varð | frænda við fleinþund | fíkjum um þa
d⸌t⸍ vili ríkr. |(VEÞ)
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ÍM II, 131.
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