Anon (LaufE) 7III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Stanzas from Laufás Edda 7’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 644.
introduction
This helmingr (Anon (LaufE) 7) is transmitted in mss 2368ˣ (main ms.) and 743ˣ of LaufE. It was copied from a LaufE ms. in RE 1665(Ff3), which has no independent value. The half-stanza is anonymous in all mss, and it cannot be dated on the basis of metrical and linguistic criteria.
text and translation
Vát*r kom víst at rétta
vallfinnandi linna
— mærð era mjúklig orðin
mín — Víðblinda svíni.
{Vát*r {linna vall}finnandi} kom víst at rétta {svíni Víðblinda}; mærð mín era orðin mjúklig.
‘The wet bestower of the field of serpents [(lit. ‘field-bestower of serpents’) GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] certainly came to hunt the swine of Víðblindi <giant> [WHALE]; my praise did not become smooth. ’
notes and context
The helmingr is cited to illustrate kennings for ‘whale’ in which the base-word is a term for ‘pig’ and the determinant is the sea-giant Víðblindi.
readings
- [1] Vát*r: ‘Vattur’ all
- [1] víst: ‘vest’ all
- [2] vall‑: val‑ all
- [3] era: er á all
- [3] orðin: so 743ˣ, orðinn 2368ˣ
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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GKS 2368 4°x (2368x) — 94 - 94
†Vattur† kom †vest† at rétta
images
val-finnandi linna
— mærð er á mjúklig orðinn
mín — Víðblinda svíni. -
AM 743 4°x (743x) — 74r - 74v
†Vattur† kom †vest† at rétta
images
val-finnandi linna
— mærð er á mjúklig orðin
mín — Víðblinda svíni.
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], B. Anonyme løse vers angående bestemte historiske begivenheder 62: AII, 150, BII, 160, Skald II, 85; LaufE 1979, 351.
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