RvHbreiðm Hl 25III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 25’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1033.
text and translation
…
hjǫrþings ǫr*u
réð byrbeiðir
brands huglandi.
…
almr hjǫrsalma
þjóð lofar þat ráð
…
… {{brands byr}beiðir} réð {ǫr*u huglandi} {hjǫrþings} … {almr {hjǫrsalma}} … þjóð lofar þat ráð …
‘… the demander of the fair breeze of the sword [(lit. ‘sword’s fair-breeze-demander’) BATTLE > WARRIOR] ruled a brave mind-land [HEART] as to sword-assembly [BATTLE] … the elm-tree of sword-psalms [BATTLE > WARRIOR] … people praise that counsel … ’
notes and context
The heading is tøgdrápu háttr (‘Teg dropo hottʀ’) ‘journey-poem form’ (cf. SnSt Ht 68-9). It is a variant of fornyrðislag with aðalhendingar in the even lines. The odd lines may contain skothendingar, but that is not prerequisite.
This metre is attested in skaldic encomia (see Section 4, General Introduction in SkP I). — It is not clear whom the stanza commemorates, but Jón Helgason (Hl 1941) suggests that it could have been Hjalti (based on the surmised h-alliteration in ll. 1-2). Hjalti was one of Hrólfr kraki’s champions (see sts 47-8 below). — [1]: The line cannot be reconstructed. — [3]: Skald reads réð byr beiðri (?) without accompanying explanation.
readings
- [2] hjǫrþings: ‘… dings’ papp25ˣ, R683ˣ
- [2] ǫr*u: ‘orro’ papp25ˣ, R683ˣ
- [4] huglandi: ‘hug …’ papp25ˣ, R683ˣ
- [6] ‑salma: ‑salmur R683ˣ
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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Holm papp 25 8°x (papp25x) — 43r - 43r
…
images
†… dings orro†
réð byrbeiðir
brands †hug …†.
…
almr hjǫrsalma
þjóð lofar þat ráð
… -
UppsUB R 683x (R683x) — 127v - 127v
…
images
†… dings orro†
réð byrbeiðir
brands †hug …†.
…
almr hjǫr-salmur
þjóð lofar þat ráð
…
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