RvHbreiðm Hl 65III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 65’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1073.
text and translation
Haraldr magnaði hildi;
hildr tíddisk gram mildum;
frák hann við gný Gunnar
Gunnhildar bur kunna.
Harðr rauð í svip sverða
sverðs egg konungr ferðar;
morðs lét hilmir Hǫrða
hǫrð reyr lituð dreyra.
Haraldr magnaði hildi; hildr tíddisk mildum gram; frák hann, {bur Gunnhildar}, kunna við {gný Gunnar}. Harðr konungr ferðar rauð egg sverðs í {svip sverða}; {hilmir Hǫrða} lét {hǫrð reyr morðs} lituð dreyra.
‘Haraldr strengthened battle; battle gave pleasure to the generous ruler; I heard that he, Gunnhildr’s son [= Haraldr], was knowledgeable about the clamour of Gunnr <valkyrie> [BATTLE]. The harsh king of the company reddened the edge of the sword in the swinging of swords [BATTLE]; the lord of the Hǫrðar [NORWEGIAN KING = Haraldr] let hard reeds of battle [SWORDS] be coloured with blood. ’
notes and context
The heading is dunhent (‘Dun hent’) ‘echoing-rhymed’ (cf. SnSt Ht 24). This is a dróttkvætt variant in which the fifth syllable of an odd line (carrying rhyme and alliteration) is repeated as the first syllable in the following even line (also carrying rhyme and alliteration).
For possible indigenous and Latin models for this rhyme scheme, see Hl 1941, 127-9. — Haraldr is Haraldr gráfeldr ‘Grey-cloak’ Eiríksson, king of Norway c. 961-70 (see ÍF 26, 198-224; ÍF 29, 95-109). See also Glúmr GráfI, Glúmr LvI, Eyv Lv 6-14I, Anon Nkt 16II and his Biography in SkP I. — [4]: The line recalls HaukrV Ísldr 11/4IV.
readings
- [2] mildum: so R683ˣ, ‑millum papp25ˣ
- [4] ‑hildar: ‑ildar papp25ˣ, R683ˣ
- [7] morðs: ‘morhz’ papp25ˣ, ‘mordh’ 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) — 38r - 38r
Haraldr magnaði hildi;
images
hildr tíddisk gram -millum;
frák hann við gný Gunnar
Gunn-ildar bur kunna.
Harðr rauð í svip sverða
sverðs egg konungr ferðar;
†morhz† lét hilmir Hǫrða
hǫrð reyr lituð dreyra. -
UppsUB R 683x (R683x) — 132v - 132v
Haraldr magnaði hildi;
images
hildr tíddisk gram mildum;
frák hann við gný Gunnar
Gunn-ildar bur kunna.
Harðr rauð í svip sverða
sverðs egg konungr ferðar;
†mordh† lét hilmir Hǫrða
hǫrð reyr lituð dreyra.
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