HSt Frag 7III
Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Hallar-Steinn, Fragments 7’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 209.
Flaug, en firnabjúgir,
foldar hnegg at seggjum,
fjarðelds fleygi-Nirðir
fellu skjótt at velli.
{Hnegg foldar} flaug at seggjum, en {firnabjúgir fleygi-Nirðir {fjarðelds}} fellu skjótt at velli.
{The heart of the earth} [STONE] flew at men, and {the overly stooping throwing-Nirðir <gods> {of fjord-fire}} [GOLD > GENEROUS MEN] fell quickly on the field.
Mss: 2368ˣ(133), 743ˣ(99v) (LaufE)
Readings: [1] ‑bjúgir: ‘biugri’ 743ˣ [4] fellu: felli all
Editions: Skj AI, 553, Skj BI, 535, Skald I, 260; LaufE 1979, 398.
Context: See Context to Frag 6.
Notes: [1] firnabjúgir ‘overly stooping’: The sense of this adj. is not entirely clear: it could mean that the men were stooping because they had already been wounded by hurled stones, or that they were ducking to avoid them. The first element of the cpd, firna- (gen. pl. of firn ‘something extraordinary’), is used as an intensifier (cf. Fritzner: firn). — [2] hnegg ‘the heart’: Listed as a heiti for ‘heart’ in Þul Hugar ok hjarta l. 1 (see Note there). — [4] fellu (3rd pers. pl. pret. indic.) ‘fell’: Both mss have felli, which could be construed as 3rd pers. pl. pret. subj. The subj. mood is not syntactically motivated here, however, and all previous eds emend to fellu.
References
- Bibliography
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- LaufE 1979 = Faulkes, Anthony, ed. 1979. Edda Magnúsar Ólafssonar (Laufás Edda). RSÁM 13. Vol. I of Two Versions of Snorra Edda from the 17th Century. Reykjavík: Stofnun Árna Magnússonar, 1977-9.
- Fritzner = Fritzner, Johan. 1883-96. Ordbog over det gamle norske sprog. 3 vols. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske forlagsforening. 4th edn. Rpt. 1973. Oslo etc.: Universitetsforlaget.
- Internal references
- Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Hugar heiti ok hjarta’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 964. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3243> (accessed 27 April 2024)
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