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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Hharð Gamv 3II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Gamanvísur 3’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 38.

Haraldr harðráði SigurðarsonGamanvísur
234

text and translation

Senn jósum vér, svanni,
sextán, þás brim vexti,
— dreif á hlaðna húfa
húm — í fjórum rúmum.
Vættik miðr, at motti
myni enn þinig nenna;
þó lætr Gerðr í Gǫrðum
gollhrings við mér skolla.

Vér jósum, svanni, sextán senn í fjórum rúmum, þás brim vexti; húm dreif á hlaðna húfa. Vættik miðr, at motti myni enn nenna þinig; þó lætr {Gerðr gollhrings} í Gǫrðum skolla við mér.
 
‘We bailed, woman, sixteen at a time in four rowing-stations, when the surf increased; sea-spray battered the loaded hull. I hardly think a sluggard will ever head there; yet the Gerðr <goddess> of the gold ring [WOMAN] in Russia ridicules me.

notes and context

In SnE (Skm), húmr ‘sea-spray’ is given as one of several heiti for ‘sea’.

[1-4]: In SnE (Skm), this helmingr is attributed to Brennu-Njáll Þorgeirsson (see Introduction above). — [1] svanni ‘woman’: The identity of this woman is unknown. For apostrophes to fictitious women in skaldic poetry, see Fidjestøl 1976 and Frank 1990. — [5-8]: Echo st. 2/5-8 above.

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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.

editions and texts

Skj: Brennu-Njáll Þórgeirsson, Lausavísa: AI, 139 (ll. 1-4), 357 (ll. 5-8), BI, 130 (ll. 1-4), 329 (ll. 5-8), Skald I, 72 (ll. 1-4), 166 (ll. 5-8); Mork 1867, 15, Mork 1928-32, 86, Andersson and Gade 2000, 148, 472-3 (MH); Fms 6, 170 (HSig ch. 15); SnE 1848-87, I, 498-9, II, 451, 600, SnE 1931, 175, SnE 1998, I, 94.

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