Refr Ferðv 3III
Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Hofgarða-Refr Gestsson, Ferðavísur 3’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 246.
text and translation
En sægnípu Sleipnir
slítr úrdrifinn hvítrar
Ránar rauðum steini
runnit brjóst ór munni.
En {úrdrifinn Sleipnir {sægnípu}} slítr brjóst, runnit rauðum steini, ór munni hvítrar Ránar.
‘But the spray-spattered Sleipnir <mythical horse> of the sea-peak [WAVE > SHIP] tears its breast, covered with red paint, out of the mouth of white Rán <sea-goddess>. ’
notes and context
See Context to st. 1. In LaufE the stanza is cited in the passage on sea-kennings and heiti.
readings
- [1] sæ‑: snjá‑ U
- [1] Sleipnir: ‘sneipnir’ Tˣ
- [2] slítr: slítr í U
- [2] úrdrifinn: vindriðinn Tˣ, U, B
- [2] hvítrar: hvítum U, hvítar B
- [3] rauðum: ‘raþum’ Tˣ
- [3] steini: so all others, ‘steni’ R
- [4] runnit: ‘r[…]it’ B, runnit 744ˣ
- [4] brjóst: brjót U, hjarta 2368ˣ, 743ˣ
- [4] ór: ‘[…]’ B, ór 744ˣ
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) — 26v/9 - 26v/10
En sægnípu Sleipnir
images
slítr úrdrifinn hvítrar
Ránar rauðum †steni†
runnit brjóst ór munni. -
Traj 1374x (Tx) — 27r/30 - 27r/30
En sægnípu †sneipnir†
images
slítr vindriðinn hvítrar
Ránar †raþum† steini
runnit brjóst ór munni. -
AM 242 fol (W) — 57/16 - 57/17
images -
DG 11 (U) — 29v/18 - 29v/20
En snjá-gnípu Sleipnir
images
slítr í vindriðinn hvítum
Ránar rauðum steini
runnit brjót ór munni. -
AM 757 a 4° (B) — 5r/32 - 5r/33
En sægnípu Sleipnir
images
slítr vindriðinn hvítar
Ránar rauðum steini
†r[…]it† brjóst †[…]† munni. -
AM 744 4°x (744x) — 31v/3 - 31v/6
En sægnípu Sleipnir
images
slítr úrdrifinn hvítrar
Ránar rauðum steini
runnit brjóst ór munni. -
GKS 2368 4°x (2368x) — 126/12 - 126/13
En sægnípu Sleipnir
images
slítr úrdrifinn hvítrar
Ránar rauðum steini
runnit hjarta ór munni. -
AM 743 4°x (743x) — 94v/28 - 95r/2
En sægnípu Sleipnir
images
slítr úrdrifinn hvítrar
Ránar rauðum steini
runnit hjarta ór munni. -
AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 277v/12 - 277v/15
images
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