Anon Krm 19VIII
Rory McTurk (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Poems, Krákumál 19’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 755.
text and translation
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi.
Háðum sverðs at morni
leik fyr Lindiseyri
við lofðunga þrenna.
Fár átti því fagna
— fell margr í gin vargi —
— haukr sleit hold með úlfi —
at heill þaðan kæmi.
Íra blóð í ægi
ærit fell um skæru.
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi. Háðum {leik sverðs} at morni við þrenna lofðunga fyr Lindiseyri. Fár átti fagna því, at kæmi heill þaðan; margr fell í gin vargi; haukr sleit hold með úlfi. Ærit blóð Íra fell í ægi um skæru.
‘We hewed with the sword. We engaged in the game of the sword [BATTLE] in the morning with three chieftains off Lindiseyrr. Hardly anyone could rejoice that he came back from there unharmed; many a man fell into the wolf’s gaping mouth; the hawk, along with the wolf, tore flesh. Abundant blood of the Irish flowed into the sea during the battle. ’
notes and context
In 147, R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ and 6ˣ the present stanza and st. 20 appear in reverse order. — [6]: This line shows some verbal similarities to ESk Geisl 29/7, 8VII, where the sentence vargar ginðu of hræ ‘wolves gaped over carrion’ occurs, cf. de Vries (1964-7, II, 40 n. 68). — [8]: All mss have at hann heill þaðan kæmi, but the extrametrical hann has been deleted here, as in most eds (e.g. Skj B and Skald).
readings
- [1] Hjuggu vér með hjörvi: abbrev. as ‘Hiug ver m h᷎.’ 1824b, (?) abbrev. as ‘[…] v(’) m(’) h(’)’ 147, Hjuggum vér með hjörvi 6ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, abbrev. as ‘H v m h.’ R702ˣ
- [2] sverðs: so R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, suðr 1824b, ‘sud(ur)’(?) 147, ‘sudur’ with ‘suerds’ in margin 6ˣ
- [2] morni: ‘(morni)’(?) 147, ‘morni’ with ‘mordi W.’ in margin 6ˣ, ‘mordi’ R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ
- [3] leik: ‘l[…]ik’ 147
- [3] fyr: ‘[…]’ 147, á R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ
- [3] Lindiseyri: ‘[…]di(s) eyri’(?) 147
- [4] við: ‘[…]’ 147
- [4] lofðunga: ‘[…]fd(unga) […]’(?) 147, ‘lofdinnga’ R693ˣ
- [4] þrenna: so 6ˣ, R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, om. 1824b, 147
- [5] Fár: ‘f(a)r’(?) 147
- [5] átti: náði R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ
- [5] því fagna: ‘[…] fagna’ 147
- [6] fell: ‘fi(é)ll’ with ‘fiell’ in margin R693ˣ
- [6] margr: ‘(marg)[…]’(?) 147
- [6] í gin vargi: so R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, í gin úlfi 1824b, ‘[…] gin […]’ 147, ‘i gin vlfe’ with ‘varge W’ in margin 6ˣ
- [7] haukr: ‘h(a)ukr’(?) 147
- [7] sleit: ‘(s)l(e)it’(?) 147
- [7] hold: ‘[…]olld’ 147
- [7] úlfi: so R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, vargi 1824b, ‘(vargi)’(?) 147, ‘varge’ with ‘vlfe W.’ in margin 6ˣ
- [8] kæmi (‘kęmi’): ‘[…]æmi’ 147, kvæmist R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ
- [9] Íra blóð: ‘ira […]d’ 147
- [9] í ægi: ‘[…]g[…]’ 147, ‘i ęgin’ 6ˣ
- [10] ærit fell: ‘[…]’ 147
- [10] um: of 6ˣ
- [10] skæru: so 6ˣ, ‘[...]ke[...]v’ 1824b, ‘(sk)[...]’(?) 147, ‘skieru’ R702ˣ, ‘skiru’ LR, ‘Skiæru’ R693ˣ
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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Háðum suðr at morni
leik fyr Lindiseyri
við lofðunga .
Fár átti því fagna
— fell margr í gin úlfi —
— haukr sleit hold með vargi —
at heill þaðan kæmi.
Íra blóð í ægi
ærit fell um †[...]ke[...]v†. -
AM 147 4° (147) — 108v - 108v
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Háðum †sud(ur)† at †(morni)†
†l[…]ik […] […]di(s) eyri†
†[…] […]fd(unga) […]† .
†f(a)r† átti †[…] fagna†
— fell †(marg)[…] […] gin […]† —
— †h(a)ukr (s)l(e)it […]olld† með †(vargi)† —
at heill þaðan †[…]æmi†.
†ira […]d† †[…]g[…]†
†[…]† um †(sk)[...]†. -
AM 6 folx (6x) — 90r/1 - 90r/10
Hjuggum vér með hjörvi .
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Háðum †sudur† at †morni†
leik fyr Lindiseyri
við lofðunga þrenna.
Fár átti því fagna
— fell margr †i gin vlfe† —
— haukr sleit hold með †varge† —
at heill þaðan kæmi.
Íra blóð †i ęgin†
ærit fell of skæru. -
UppsUB R 702x (R702x) — 31r - 31r
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Háðum sverðs at †mordi†
leik á Lindiseyri
við lofðunga þrenna.
Fár náði því fagna
— fell margr í gin vargi —
— haukr sleit hold með úlfi —
at heill þaðan kvæmist.
Íra blóð í ægi
ærit fell um †skieru†. -
Worm 1636 (LR) — 217 - 218
Hjuggum vér með hjörvi .
images
Háðum sverðs at †mordi†
leik á Lindiseyri
við lofðunga þrenna.
Fár náði því fagna
— fell margr í gin vargi —
— haukr sleit hold með úlfi —
at heill þaðan kvæmist.
Íra blóð í ægi
ærit fell um †skiru†. -
UppsUB R 693x (R693x) — 14r - 14r
Hjuggum vér með hjörvi .
Háðum sverðs at †mordi†
leik á Lindiseyri
við †lofdinnga† þrenna.
Fár náði því fagna
— †fi(é)ll† margr í gin vargi —
— haukr sleit hold með úlfi —
at heill þaðan kvæmist.
Íra blóð í ægi
ærit fell um †Skiæru†.
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], H. Krákumál 19: AI, 646, BI, 653, Skald I, 319; Rafn 1826, 16-17, 134-5, Pfeiffer 1860, 126, CPB II, 343, Wisén1886-9, I, 64-5, Krm 1891, 227, Finnur Jónsson 1893b, 89, Finnur Jónsson 1905, 155; Ragn 1906-8, 188.
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