Bárðr Lv 1I
Kate Heslop (ed.) 2012, ‘Bárðr á Upplǫndum, Lausavísa 1’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 442.
text and translation
Hugðak hitt, at hefðak
harðhendit þat stundum,
at skalpgrana skozkum
skyldak einn of halda.
Hugðak hitt, at hefðak harðhendit þat stundum, at skyldak einn of halda skozkum skalpgrana.
‘I would have thought that I’d manhandled such a thing [lit. that] at times, so that I ought to be able to hang on to a nimble sheath-mouth by myself. ’
notes and context
Bárðr refuses to visit King Óláfr Tryggvason in Niðaróss (Trondheim) or accept the Christian faith, and neither of the parties sent by Óláfr to fetch him has returned. The Icelander Þorvaldr tasaldi and his companion Sigurðr offer to go to meet him. Bárðr, sitting on his high-seat, is a formidable figure. He responds to their threats of forcible removal with this half-stanza.
readings
- [1] Hugðak (‘Hugða ek’): ‘[...]ugða ek’ 325VIII 2 a
- [1] hefðak (‘ek hefða’): hefða Bb
- [2] harðhendit þat stundum: ‘[…]’ 325VIII 2 a
- [2] ‑hendit: ‘‑endit’ 53, ‑hendr Flat
- [2] þat: verit Flat
- [3] at: at ek 61, 53, 54, Bb, 62, Flat, ‘[...]t ek’ 325VIII 2 a
- [3] skalp‑: skalf‑ Flat
- [3] ‑grana: ‑granna Bb, ‘g[...]na’ 325VIII 2 a
- [3] skozkum: skozkan 53, stundum 62, skelkinn Flat
- [4] skyldak einn of halda (‘skyllda ek einn of hallda’): ‘sk[...]’ 325VIII 2 a
- [4] einn: enn 54, en Bb
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 61 fol (61) — 50ra/27 - 50ra/29
images†Hugða ek† hitt, at †ek hefða†
harðhendit þat stundum,
at ek skalpgrana skozkum
†skyllda ek einn of hallda† .Hugða ek hitt at ek hefða. harð | hendit þat stundum. at ek skalpgrana skotzkum. skyllda ek einn of hall | da.
(KSH)
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AM 53 fol (53) — 45rb/6 - 45rb/8
imagesHugðak hitt, at hefðak
harð†-endit† þat stundum,
at ek skalpgrana skozkan
skyldak einn of halda.Hugda ek hitt at | ek hefda hardendit þat stundum at ek skalp | grana skozskan skilldag einn vm hallda
(KSH)
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AM 54 fol (54) — 40va/38 - 40va/40
imagesHugðak hitt, at hefðak
harðhendit þat stundum,
at ek skalpgrana skozkum
skyldak enn of halda.Hugda ek | hítt at ek hefda. hardhendit þat stundum ∙ at | ek skalpgrana skotzkum. skylda ek enn of hallda ||
(KSH)
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Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 73va/33 - 73va/35
Hugðak hitt, at hefða
images
harðhendit þat stundum,
at ek skalp-granna skozkum
skyldak en of halda. -
AM 325 VIII 2 a 4° (325VIII 2 a) — 3ra/17 - 3ra/18
images†[...]ugða ek† hitt, at hefðak
†[…]† ,
†[...]t ek† skalp†g[...]na† skozkum
†sk[...]† .[...]ugda ek h[...]t at [...]k hefda | [...] ek skalp gna skozkvm sk | [...]
(KSH)
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AM 62 fol (62) — 39va/23 - 39va/25
imagesHugðak hitt, at hefðak
harðhendit þat stundum,
at ek skalpgrana stundum
skyldak einn of halda.Hvgda | ek hítt at ek hefda hard hendít þat stvndvm at ek | skalpgra[...]a stvndvm skilldag eínn of halda ∙
(KSH)
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GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 50va/16 - 50va/18
imagesHugðak hitt, at hefðak
harð-hendr verit stundum,
at ek skalf-grana skelkinn
skyldak einn of halda.Hugda ek hítt at ek hefda hard | henndr uerít stundum at ek skalf grana skelkinn skylldag æínn of hal | lda ∙
(KSH)
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