Anon Krm 17VIII
Rory McTurk (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Poems, Krákumál 17’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 751.
text and translation
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi.
Hundmargan sá ek falla
morginstund fyrir mæki
mann í odda sennu.
Syni mínum hneit snimma
slíðra þorn við hjarta;
Egill lét Agnar ræntan
óblauðan hal lífi.
Glumði geirr við Hamðis
gránserk; bliku merki.
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi. Ek sá hundmargan mann falla fyrir mæki morginstund í {sennu odda}. {Þorn slíðra} hneit snimma við hjarta syni mínum; Egill lét ræntan Agnar, óblauðan hal, lífi. Geirr glumði við {gránserk Hamðis}; merki bliku.
‘We hewed with the sword. I saw very many a man fall before the sword at morning-time in the quarrel of weapon-points [BATTLE]. The thorn of scabbards [SWORD] struck early at the heart of my son; Egill caused Agnarr, an uncowardly man, to be deprived of life. The spear resounded against the grey shirt of Hamðir <legendary hero> [MAIL-COAT]; banners gleamed. ’
notes and context
readings
- [1] Hjuggu vér með hjörvi: ‘Hiuggu ver m(ed) hiorfi’(?) 1824b, abbrev. as ‘[…] v(’) m(’) h(iaurfi)’(?) 147, Hjuggum vér með hjǫrvi 6ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, abbrev. as ‘H.v. m h:’ R702ˣ
- [2] Hund‑: ‘hun‑’ 1824b, ‘[…]’ 147, ‘Hrun’ with ‘her W.’ in margin 6ˣ, her R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ
- [2] ‑margan: ‘[…]’ 147
- [2] sá ek falla: ‘(sꜳ eg falla)’(?) 147
- [3] morginstund: ‘morg[…]stu’ 147
- [3] mæki: so R702ˣ, ‘meidi’ 1824b, 6ˣ, ‘(m)eidi’(?) 147, ‘maeker’ LR, R693ˣ
- [4] mann í odda sennu: so R702ˣ, R693ˣ, menn at odda sennu 1824b, 6ˣ, ‘menn […]d[…] se(n)[…]’(?) 147, ‘mann i odda senniu’ LR
- [5] Syni mínum: so 6ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, ‘syni mínu’ 1824b, R702ˣ, ‘[…]’ 147
- [5] hneit snimma: ‘(hne[…]t snema)’(?) 147
- [6] slíðra þorn við hjarta: ‘([…]rn) vid hiarta’(?) 147
- [7] Egill lét Agnar ræntan: so 6ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, ‘eigill [...]ęntan.’ 1824b, ‘eg[…]ll let agnar (r[...]ntan)’(?) 147, ‘Eigil agnar ræntan’ with ‘liet’ between ‘Eigil’ and ‘agnar’ above the line R702ˣ
- [8] óblauðan hal lífi: ‘(obl)audan (hal) lif(i)’(?) 147
- [9] Glumði geirr við Hamðis: so 6ˣ, R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, ‘glumdí g[…]í[…] vid [...]’ 1824b, ‘[…]di geir vid hamdis’ 147
- [10] gránserk bliku merki: so 6ˣ, R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, ‘[...] serk [...]kn merki’ 1824b, ‘gran serk (bliku merki)’(?) 147
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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NKS 1824 b 4° (1824b) — 80v - 80v
†Hiuggu ver m(ed) hiorfi† .
images
†hun-†margan sá ek falla
morginstund fyrir †meidi†
menn at odda sennu .
†syni mínu† hneit snimma
slíðra þorn við hjarta;
†eigill [...]ęntan.†
óblauðan hal lífi.
†glumdí g[…]í[…] vid [...]†
†[...] serk [...]kn merki†; . -
AM 147 4° (147) — 108v - 108v
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images
†[…]††[…] (sꜳ eg falla)†
†morg[…]stu† fyrir †(m)eidi†
†menn […]d[…] se(n)[…]† .
†[…]† †(hne[…]t snema)†
†([…]rn) vid hiarta† ;
†eg[…]ll let agnar (r[...]ntan)†
†(obl)audan (hal) lif(i)† .
†[…]di geir vid hamdis†
†gran serk (bliku merki)†; . -
AM 6 folx (6x) — 89r/21 - 89v/6
Hjuggum vér með hjǫrvi .
images
†Hrun†margan sá ek falla
morginstund fyrir †meidi†
menn at odda sennu .
Syni mínum hneit snimma
slíðra þorn við hjarta;
Egill lét Agnar ræntan
óblauðan hal lífi.
Glumði geirr við Hamðis
gránserk; bliku merki. -
UppsUB R 702x (R702x) — 30v - 30v
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images
hermargan sá ek falla
morginstund fyrir mæki
mann í odda sennu.
†syni mínu† hneit snimma
slíðra þorn við hjarta;
†Eigil agnar ræntan†
óblauðan hal lífi.
Glumði geirr við Hamðis
gránserk; bliku merki. -
Worm 1636 (LR) — 214 - 215
Hjuggum vér með hjǫrvi .
images
hermargan sá ek falla
morginstund fyrir †maeker†
†mann i odda senniu† .
Syni mínum hneit snimma
slíðra þorn við hjarta;
Egill lét Agnar ræntan
óblauðan hal lífi.
Glumði geirr við Hamðis
gránserk; bliku merki. -
UppsUB R 693x (R693x) — 12v - 12v
Hjuggum vér með hjǫrvi .
hermargan sá ek falla
morginstund fyrir †maeker†
mann í odda sennu.
Syni mínum hneit snimma
slíðra þorn við hjarta;
Egill lét Agnar ræntan
óblauðan hal lífi.
Glumði geirr við Hamðis
gránserk; bliku merki.
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], H. Krákumál 17: AI, 646, BI, 653, Skald I, 319, NN §2309A; Rafn 1826, 14-15, 130-1, Pfeiffer 1860, 126, CPB II, 343, Wisén 1886-9, I, 64, Krm 1891, 227, Finnur Jónsson 1893b, 88-9, Finnur Jónsson 1905, 155; Ragn 1906-8, 188.
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