Svart Skauf 30VIII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Svartr á Hofstöðum, Skaufhala bálkr 30’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 975.
text and translation
Hef eg margan heldr hála feitan
sauð snarliga sviftan lífi,
tínt kiðlinga, en týnt lambgymbrum,
gripið geldinga og gamalrollur.
‘Eg hef heldr snarliga sviftan margan hála feitan sauð lífi, tínt kiðlinga, en týnt lambgymbrum, gripið geldinga og gamalrollur.
‘‘I’ve rather swiftly deprived many a splendidly fat sheep of its life, picked lambs and killed young ewes, seized castrated rams and old feeble ewes.’
notes and context
The second part of the fox’s ‘life-poem’ (sts 30-40) gives an overview of his life and his impending death from the wounds he received.
readings
- [1] Hef eg (‘Hefc’): Hefi eg Rask87ˣ
- [2] hála: harð‑ Rask87ˣ
- [3] snarliga: so Rask87ˣ, sierliga 603
- [5] tínt: týnt Rask87ˣ
- [6] en týnt lambgymbrum: en sæft lambgymbrar Rask87ˣ
- [8] ‑rollur: ‘rottur’ 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
Hef eg margan heldr
images
hála feitan
sauð sierliga
sviftan lífi,
tínt kiðlinga,
en týnt lambgymbrum,
gripið geldinga
og gamalrollur. -
Rask 87x (Rask87x) — 114v/13 - 114v/16
Hefi eg margan heldr
harð- feitan
sauð snarliga
sviftan lífi,
týnt kiðlinga,
en sæft lambgymbrar ,
gripið geldinga
og gamal†rottur†.Hefe eg margann helldur hard feitan | saud snarlega sviptann Lýfe, | tynt kidlinga, enn sæst Lambgimbrar, | gripid gelldinga og gamal rottur |
(HB)
editions and texts
Kölbing 1876, 245, Jón Þorkelsson 1888, 233, CPB II, 384, Jón Þorkelsson 1922-7, 158, Páll Eggert Ólason 1947, 66.
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