Refr Þorst 2III
Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Hofgarða-Refr Gestsson, From a poem about Þorsteinn 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 251.
text and translation
Alls bǫðgœðis bjóða
— bǫrr ræðr til þess hjǫrva —
ógnstǫðvar hefk ægi
einráðit Þórsteini.
Alls hefk einráðit bjóða Þórsteini {ægi {ógnstǫðvar} {bǫðgœðis}}; {bǫrr hjǫrva} ræðr til þess.
‘Since I have decided to offer Þorsteinn the ocean of the terror-place [BREAST] of the battle-promoter [= Óðinn > POEM]; the tree of swords [WARRIOR] [I] begins to work on this. ’
notes and context
The helmingr is quoted in SnE (Skm) and LaufE among stanzas containing kennings for ‘man’.
readings
- [1] Alls: so all others, ‘[…]llz’ R
- [1] ‑gœðis: ‘‑ǫgþi’ R, ‑goði Tˣ, ‑gœði W, A, 2368ˣ, ‑geði U, ‘‑auglis’ C
- [1] bjóða: so Tˣ, W, U, A, 2368ˣ, ‘giø̨þa’ R, galla C
- [2] bǫrr: aurr C
- [2] ræðr: hygg U
- [2] hjǫrva: ‘hiórna’ 2368ˣ
- [3] ógnstǫðvar: ‘ognstoðfar’ W, ‘[…]ngstoþvar’(?) U
- [3] ægi: eigi Tˣ
- [4] ein‑: ‘ei[…]’(?) U
- [4] ‑ráðit: ‑ráðum Tˣ, ‑ráðinn W, U, A, 2368ˣ
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) — 33v/11 - 33v/12
†[…]llz† bǫð†-ǫgþi giø̨þa†
images
— bǫrr ræðr til þess hjǫrva —
ógnstǫðvar hefk ægi
einráðit Þórsteini. -
Traj 1374x (Tx) — 35r/5 - 35r/5
Alls bǫð-goði bjóða
images
— bǫrr ræðr til þess hjǫrva —
ógnstǫðvar hefk eigi
ein-ráðum Þórsteini. -
AM 242 fol (W) — 76/32 - 77/1
Alls bǫð-gœði bjóða
images
— bǫrr ræðr til þess hjǫrva —
†ognstoðfar† hefk ægi
ein-ráðinn Þórsteini. -
DG 11 (U) — 32r/26 - 32r/27
Alls bǫð-geði bjóða
images
— bǫrr hygg til þess hjǫrva —
†[…]ngstoþvar† hefk ægi
†ei[…]†-ráðinn Þórsteini. -
AM 748 I b 4° (A) — 10v/28 - 10v/29
imagesAlls bǫð-gœði bjóða
— bǫrr ræðr til þess hjǫrva —
ógnstǫðvar hefk ægi
ein-ráðinn Þórsteini.Allz bǫðgæði bióða bǫrr ræðr til þæss hiǫrva ognstǫðvir hæ | fik ægi æin ráðinn þorstæíní .
(VEÞ)
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AM 748 II 4° (C) — 5r/6 - 5r/7
Alls bǫð†-auglis† galla
images
— aurr ræðr til þess hjǫrva —
ógnstǫðvar hefk ægi
einráðit Þórsteini. -
GKS 2368 4°x (2368x) — 114/23 - 114/24
Alls bǫð-gœði bjóða
images
— bǫrr ræðr til þess †hiórna† —
ógnstǫðvar hefk ægi
ein-ráðinn Þórsteini. -
AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 279r/7 - 279r/10
images
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