Ggnæv Þórr 1III
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Gamli gnævaðarskáld, Poem about Þórr 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 189.
text and translation
Meðan gramr, hinns svik samðit,
snart Bilskirnis, hjarta,
grundar fisk með grandi
gljúfrskeljungs nam rjúfa.
Meðan {gramr Bilskirnis}, hinns samðit svik hjarta, nam rjúfa snart {fisk grundar} með {grandi {gljúfrskeljungs}}.
‘While the ruler of Bilskirnir <mythical hall> [= Þórr], the one who did not plan treachery in his heart, quickly smashed the fish of the sea-bed [= Miðgarðsormr] with the destruction of the gully-whale [GIANT > = Mjǫllnir].’
notes and context
The citation comes among a number of others exemplifying kennings for the god Þórr. It is introduced with the words: Svá kvað Gamli ‘So said Gamli’.
The helmingr seems to be the second part of a stanza, introduced in R, Tˣ and W by the conj. meðan ‘while’. Ms. U has the introductory þás (þá er) ‘when’, which has been preferred by Skj B and Skald. Gamli describes Þórr’s smashing the World Serpent, Miðgarðsormr, with his hammer, Mjǫllnir, when they fought in the ocean.
readings
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) — 22r/4 - 22r/6
imagesMeþan gramr hiɴ er svik| samþi snart bilskirnis hiarta grundar fisk með grandi glivfr skelivngs nam| rivfa.
(MCR)
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Traj 1374x (Tx) — 22r/27 - 22r/28
imagesMedan gramr hinn er suic sam| di snart bilscirnis hiarta grundar fisc með grandi gliufr sceliungs nam riufa.
(MCR)
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AM 242 fol (W) — 47/15 - 47/16
imagesMeðan gramr hinn er svik samði snart bilskirnis| hiarta grundar fisk með grandi gliufr skeliungs nam riufa.
(MCR)
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DG 11 (U) — 27v/15 - 27v/17
imagesþá er gramr, hinns svik samðit,
snart bilskirni, hjarta,
grundar fisk með grandi
gljúfrskeljungs mun rjúfa.Þa er gramr hinn er svik sam| þit snart bilskirni hiarta. grundar fisk með grandi glivfr skeliungs| mun riufa.
(MCR)
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AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 108r - 108r
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