Svart Skauf 17VIII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Svartr á Hofstöðum, Skaufhala bálkr 17’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 966.
text and translation
Svó lauk skiftum skolla og sauðar,
að grákollur giekk frá lífi.
Bjóz dratthali burt* heim þaðan;
hafði sauð feingið sier til vista.
Svó lauk skiftum skolla og sauðar, að grákollur giekk frá lífi. Dratthali bjóz burt* heim þaðan; hafði feingið sauð til vista sier.
‘The dealings of the fox and the sheep ended in such a way that grey-skull departed from life. Dragging-tail prepared to set off home from there; he had obtained a sheep for his provisions. ’
notes and context
This stanza concludes the adventure of the fox related in sts 15-17.
readings
- [5] Bjóz: bjóz þá Rask87ˣ
- [5] dratthali: so Rask87ˣ, ‘drattali’ 603
- [6] burt*: burtu 603, Rask87ˣ
- [6] heim: om. Rask87ˣ
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 603 4° (603) — 82 - 82
Svó lauk skiftum
images
skolla og sauðar,
að grákollur
giekk frá lífi.
Bjóz †drattali†
burtu heim þaðan;
hafði sauð feingið
sier til vista. -
Rask 87x (Rask87x) — 113v/3 - 113v/6
Svó lauk skiftum
skolla og sauðar,
að grákollur
giekk frá lífi.
bjóz þá dratthali
burtu þaðan;
hafði sauð feingið
sier til vista.So lauk skiftum skolla og saudar | ad grä kollur geck frä lı̈fe; | biőst þä dratthale burtu þadann, hafde saud fengid sier til Wista. |
(HB)
editions and texts
Kölbing 1876, 243, Jón Þorkelsson 1888, 231, CPB II, 383, Jón Þorkelsson 1922-7, 156, Páll Eggert Ólason 1947, 62.
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