Svart Skauf 32VIII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Svartr á Hofstöðum, Skaufhala bálkr 32’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 977.
text and translation
‘Hef eg oftliga óþarfr verið
bændafólki í bygð þessi,
skoðað jafnliga skreið í hjöllum,
riklinga rár og rafabelti.
‘Eg hef oftliga verið óþarfr bændafólki í þessi bygð, jafnliga skoðað skreið í hjöllum, rár riklinga og rafabelti.
‘‘I’ve frequently been destructive to the farming population in this settlement, regularly eyed stockfish in the racks, the stakes with dried flesh of halibut and their fattest strips.’
notes and context
[1-2]: These lines recall HallmGr Hallkv 6/3-4V (Gr 56): nær hefik ǫllum | óþarfr verit ‘I have been destructive to almost everyone’.
readings
- [1] Hef: Hefi Rask87ˣ
- [3] bænda‑: ‘bændum’ Rask87ˣ
- [3] ‑fólki: og fólki Rask87ˣ
- [4] þessi: þessari Rask87ˣ
- [5] skoðað: skaðað Rask87ˣ
- [6] skreið: so Rask87ˣ, ‘skrid’ 603
- [7] riklinga rár: rikling allan 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 oftliga
images
óþarfr verið
bændafólki
í bygð þessi,
skoðað jafnliga
†skrid† í hjöllum,
riklinga rár
og rafabelti. -
Rask 87x (Rask87x) — 115r/1 - 115r/4
‘Hefi eg oftliga
óþarfr verið
og fólki
í bygð þessari,
skaðað jafnliga
skreið í hjöllum,
rikling allan
og rafabelti.Hefe eg optlega öþarfur verid | Bændum og fölke ȷ̈ biggd þessare; | Skadud jafnlega skreid j hióllum | Rikling allann og Rafabellte. |
(HB)
editions and texts
Kölbing 1876, 245, Jón Þorkelsson 1888, 233, CPB II, 384, Jón Þorkelsson 1922-7, 158, Páll Eggert Ólason 1947, 67.
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