Anon Krm 18VIII
Rory McTurk (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Poems, Krákumál 18’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 753.
text and translation
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi.
Haldorða sá ek brytja
ekki smátt fyr úlfa
Endils niðja bröndum.
Varat á Víkarskeiði,
sem vín konur bæri;
roðinn var Ægis asni
ófár í dyn geira.
Skorin var Sköglar kápa
at skjöldunga hjaldri.
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi. Ek sá {haldorða niðja Endils} brytja ekki smátt fyr úlfa bröndum. Varat á Víkarskeiði, sem konur bæri vín; {ófár asni Ægis} var roðinn í {dyn geira}. {Kápa Sköglar} var skorin at {hjaldri skjöldunga}.
‘We hewed with the sword. I saw the trusty kinsmen of Endill <sea-king> [SEAFARERS] chop up [helpings] of no small size for wolves with swords. On Víkarskeið it was not as if women were serving wine; not a few asses of Ægir <sea-giant> [SHIPS] were emptied in the din of spears [BATTLE]. The cloak of Skögul <valkyrie> [MAIL-COAT] was cut in the conflict of shield-bearers [BATTLE]. ’
notes and context
[5-6]: For parallels to these lines in Krm and elsewhere in skaldic poetry, see the Introduction and Note to st. 13/9-10 above.
readings
- [1] Hjuggu vér með hjörvi: abbrev. as ‘Hiug. v. m. h᷎.’ 1824b, ‘[…]urfi’ 147, Hjuggum vér með hjörvi 6ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, abbrev. as ‘H v m h’ R702ˣ
- [2] Haldorða sá ek brytja: ‘halldor […]a eg (bryt)ia’(?) 147
- [3] ekki: ei R702ˣ
- [4] Endils: ‘[…] ndils’ 147, ‘Endiltz’ R693ˣ
- [4] niðja: ‘nída’ 1824b, ‘n[...]’ 147, ‘nida’ 6ˣ, ‘nidar’ R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ
- [4] bröndum: ‘[…](dum)’(?) 147
- [5] Varat: ‘vara(d)[…]’(?) 147
- [5] á Víkarskeiði (‘a vikar skeidi’): so R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, ‘a vika skerdi’ 1824b, ‘[…]’ 147, ‘a vik a skęde’ 6ˣ
- [6] sem vín konur bæri: ‘s(em) vin(k)onur (ber)i’(?) 147
- [7] roðinn: ‘hrodin’ LR
- [7] var Ægis asni: ‘[...]ar ægis as[...]’ 147
- [8] ófár í dyn geira: so 6ˣ, R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, ‘ofar j dyn ge[...]a’ 1824b, ‘ofar […] g(eí)ra’(?) 147
- [9] Skorin: so R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, skorinn 1824b, 6ˣ, ‘sk[…]nn’ 147
- [9] var Sköglar kápa: ‘var skaugla(r kapa)’(?) 147
- [10] at skjöldunga hjaldri: so 6ˣ, R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, ‘at skiolldungra hialldre’ 1824b, ‘at sk(io)lldung[…] (hí)[...]lld[...]’(?) 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
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Haldorða sá ek brytja
ekki smátt fyr úlfa
Endils †nída† bröndum.
Varat †a vika skerdi† ,
sem vín konur bæri;
roðinn var Ægis asni
†ofar j dyn ge[...]a† .
skorinn var Sköglar kápa
†at skiolldungra hialldre† . -
AM 147 4° (147) — 108v - 108v
†[…]urfi† .
images
†halldor […]a eg (bryt)ia†
ekki smátt fyr úlfa
†[…] ndils n[...] […](dum)†.
†vara(d)[…] […]† ,
†s(em) vin(k)onur (ber)i† ;
roðinn †[...]ar ægis as[...]†
†ofar […] g(eí)ra† .
†sk[…]nn var skaugla(r kapa)†
†at sk(io)lldung[…] (hí)[...]lld[...]† . -
AM 6 folx (6x) — 89v/7 - 89v/16
Hjuggum vér með hjörvi .
images
Haldorða sá ek brytja
ekki smátt fyr úlfa
Endils †nida† bröndum.
Varat †a vik a skęde† ,
sem vín konur bæri;
roðinn var Ægis asni
ófár í dyn geira.
skorinn var Sköglar kápa
at skjöldunga hjaldri. -
UppsUB R 702x (R702x) — 30v - 30v
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images
Haldorða sá ek brytja
ei smátt fyr úlfa
Endils †nidar† bröndum.
Varat á Víkarskeiði,
sem vín konur bæri;
roðinn var Ægis asni
ófár í dyn geira.
Skorin var Sköglar kápa
at skjöldunga hjaldri. -
Worm 1636 (LR) — 215 - 216
Hjuggum vér með hjörvi .
images
Haldorða sá ek brytja
ekki smátt fyr úlfa
Endils †nidar† bröndum.
Varat á Víkarskeiði,
sem vín konur bæri;
†hrodin† var Ægis asni
ófár í dyn geira.
Skorin var Sköglar kápa
at skjöldunga hjaldri. -
UppsUB R 693x (R693x) — 13r - 13r
Hjuggum vér með hjörvi .
Haldorða sá ek brytja
ekki smátt fyr úlfa
†Endiltz nidar† bröndum.
Varat á Víkarskeiði,
sem vín konur bæri;
roðinn var Ægis asni
ófár í dyn geira.
Skorin var Sköglar kápa
at skjöldunga hjaldri.
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], H. Krákumál 18: AI, 646, BI, 653, Skald I, 319; Rafn 1826, 16-17, 132-4, Pfeiffer 1860, 126, CPB II, 343, Wisén 1886-9, I, 64, Krm 1891, 227, Finnur Jónsson 1893b, 89, Finnur Jónsson 1905, 155; Ragn 1906-8, 188.
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