Hharð Lv 2b^II

Nú lætk skóg af skógi
skreiðask lítils heiðar;
hverr veit, nema verðak
víða frægr of síðir?

Nú lætk skreiðask skóg af skógi lítils heiðar; hverr veit, nema verðak víða frægr of síðir?

Now I’m slinking from wood to wood with little honour; who knows if I won’t become famous far and wide in the end?

Mss: Kˣ(521r), 39(18va), F(41vb-42ra), E(10r) (Hkr); Holm2(69r), J2ˣ(257r), 972ˣ(537va), 972ˣ(537vb), 321ˣ(260), 73aˣ(203v), Holm4(64va), 325VII(38v) (ll. 1-2), 325V(82ra-b), 61(126rb), Flat(125va), Tóm(156v), Bb(199vb) (ÓH); H(21r), Hr(16ra) (H-Hr); Flat(192rb) (Flat); 332ˣ(33), 325III β(1r), Flat(131va) (Orkn)

Readings: [1] Nú: Hér Hr, om. Flat(192rb);    lætk (‘læt ek’): verð ek F, Holm2, 972ˣ(537va), 321ˣ, Holm4, Flat(125va), Flat(192rb), Flat(131va), ‘wardt ek’ 972ˣ(537vb), fer ek 73aˣ, ‘uer’ 325V;    af: ór 39, Flat(192rb);    skógi: ‘s.’ 325VII    [2] skreiðask: skreiða 73aˣ, ‘s.’ 325VII;    heiðar: eiðar 39, reiðar E    [3] veit: ‘vit’ 972ˣ(537va), veit ek Bb;    verðak (‘ek verða’): ek verði 73aˣ, Bb, H, Flat(192rb), 332ˣ    [4] síðir: síðan 73aˣ

Editions: Skj AI, 356, Skj BI, 328, Skald I, 166; ÍF 28, 69 (HSig ch. 1), F 1871, 193, E 1916, 34; ÓH 1941, I, 580 (ch. 231), Flat 1860-8, II, 362 (ÓH); Fms 6, 130-1 (HSig ch. 1); Flat 1860-8, III, 289 (MH), Mork 1928-32, 57, Andersson and Gade 2000, 130, 471 (MH); Flat 1860-8, II, 408, Orkn 1913-16, 54, ÍF 34, 53 (ch. 21).

Context: As Lv 2a above.

Notes: [3] hverr veit, nema verðak ‘who knows if I won’t become’: The l. is unmetrical and the insertion of the expletive particle of would restore the reading (hverr of veit, nema verðak ‘who knows if I won’t become’). — [4] of síðir ‘in the end’: This phrase is also recorded on the rune stick N B88 (c. 1300), directly preceding Hharð Gamv 6/1-3. See Note to Run B88^VI [All], where it is suggested that, in later tradition, the present helmingr and Hharð Gamv 6/1-4 formed one st.

References

1. Bibliography
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3. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
4. Andersson, Theodore M. and Kari Ellen Gade, trans. 2000. Morkinskinna: The Earliest Icelandic Chronicle of the Norwegian Kings (1030-1157). Islandica 51. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press.
5. Flat 1860-8 = Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and C. R. Unger, eds. 1860-8. Flateyjarbók. En samling af norske konge-sagaer med indskudte mindre fortællinger om begivenheder i og udenfor Norge samt annaler. 3 vols. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
6. ÓH 1941 = Johnsen, Oscar Albert and Jón Helgason, eds. 1941. Saga Óláfs konungs hins helga: Den store saga om Olav den hellige efter pergamenthåndskrift i Kungliga biblioteket i Stockholm nr. 2 4^to med varianter fra andre håndskrifter. 2 vols. Det norske historiske kildeskriftfond skrifter 53. Oslo: Dybwad.
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8. ÍF 34 = Orkneyinga saga. Ed. Finnbogi Guðmundsson. 1965.
9. ÍF 26-8 = Heimskringla. Ed. Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson. 1941-51.
10. F 1871 = Unger, C. R., ed. 1871. Fríssbók: Codex Frisianus. En samling af norske konge-sagaer. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
11. E 1916 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1916. Eirspennill: AM 47 fol. Nóregs konunga sǫgur: Magnús góði – Hákon gamli. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske historiske kildeskriftskommission.
12. Orkn 1913-16 = Sigurður Nordal, ed. 1913-16. Orkneyinga saga. SUGNL 40. Copenhagen: Møller.
13. Internal references
14. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Óláfs saga helga’ 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. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=53> (accessed 19 April 2024)
15. (forthcoming), ‘ Heimskringla, Haralds saga Sigurðssonar’ 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=142> (accessed 19 April 2024)
16. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Magnúss saga góða ok Haralds harðráða’ 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=147> (accessed 19 April 2024)
17. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Gamanvísur 6’ 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. 41.