Bjbp Jóms 2I
Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 2’ 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. 960.
text and translation
Hendir enn sem aðra
óteitan mik sútar;
mér hefr harm á hendi
handfǫgr kona bundit.
Þó emk óð at auka
œrit gjarn at hváru;
mjǫk emk at mér orðinn
ógæfr of fǫr vífa.
Óteitan sútar hendir mik enn sem aðra; handfǫgr kona hefr bundit harm á hendi mér. Þó emk at hváru œrit gjarn at auka óð; emk orðinn mjǫk ógæfr at mér of fǫr vífa.
‘The joylessness of grief grips me still, as others; a woman with beautiful hands has bound sorrow to me. Yet I am nonetheless sufficiently eager to increase poetry; I myself have become very unlucky regarding the ways of women.’
notes and context
On the ordering of sts 2-5, see Introduction. — The stanza, like sts 7 and 42, employs the verse-form fjórðungalok ‘couplets’ closure’ in which each pair of lines constitutes a separate clause (cf. SnSt Ht 11III).
readings
- [4] hand‑: ‘ha[…]’ R, ‘hardl’ 65ˣ, ‘ha[…]’ RCP, hand RFJ
- [4] ‑fǫgr: ‘[…]gvr’ R, ‑fǫgr 65ˣ, RFJ, ‘f[…]vgvr’ RCP
- [7] mjǫk: ‘[…]’ R, mjǫk 65ˣ, RCP, RFJ
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 2367 4° (R) — 53r/31 - 53r/33
imagesHendir enn sem aðra
óteitan mik sútar;
mér hefr harm á hendi
†ha[…]††[…]gvr† kona bundit.
Þó emk óð at auka
œrit gjarn at hváru;
†[…]† emk at mér orðinn
ógæfr of fǫr vífa.Hendir eɴ sem aðra vteitan mik svtar mer | hefir harm ahendi ha[…]gvr kona bvndit þo em ek oð at avka ærit | giar[n] at hvarv […] em ec at mer orþinn vgæfr vm favr vifa
(DW)
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AM 65 folx (65x) — 380r - 380r
Hendir enn sem aðra
images
óteitan mik sútar;
mér hefr harm á hendi
†hardl†-fǫgr kona bundit.
Þó emk óð at auka
œrit gjarn at hváru;
mjǫk emk at mér orðinn
ógæfr of fǫr vífa.
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