Glúmr Gráf 10I
Alison Finlay (ed.) 2012, ‘Glúmr Geirason, Gráfeldardrápa 10’ 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. 260.
Hjoggusk hvárirtveggja
heggir mækis eggja;
varð í gǫgn at ganga
geirdrótt Haraldr þeiri.
{Hvárirtveggja heggir eggja mækis} hjoggusk; Haraldr varð at ganga í gǫgn þeiri geirdrótt.
{Each of the two groups of cherry-trees of the sword’s blades} [WARRIORS] struck the other; Haraldr had to advance against that spear-troop.
Mss: FskBˣ(18v), FskAˣ(75) (Fsk)
Readings: [1] Hjoggusk (‘hiuguzt’): so FskAˣ, ‘hiugiuz’ FskBˣ [2] heggir: so FskAˣ, heggis FskBˣ [3] gǫgn: so FskAˣ, gegn FskBˣ
Editions: Skj AI, 77, Skj BI, 67-8, Skald I, 42; Fsk 1902-3, 66 (ch. 14), ÍF 29, 109 (ch. 16).
Context: In Fsk, these lines and st. 11/5-8 form a stanza, which is cited after the narration of the death of Haraldr in battle.
Notes:
References
- Bibliography
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Fsk 1902-3 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1902-3. Fagrskinna: Nóregs kononga tal. SUGNL 30. Copenhagen: Møller.
- ÍF 29 = Ágrip af Nóregskonunga sǫgum; Fagrskinna—Nóregs konungatal. Ed. Bjarni Einarsson. 1985.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Fagrskinna’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=56> (accessed 19 April 2024)
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