Anon Krm 6VIII
Rory McTurk (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Poems, Krákumál 6’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 728.
text and translation
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi.
Herr kastaði skjöldum,
þá er rægagarr rendi
ræstr at gumna brjóstum.
Beit í Skarpaskerjum
skærubíldr at hjaldri;
roðinn var randar máni,
áðr Rafn konungr felli.
Dreif ór hölða hausum
heitr á brynjur sveiti.
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi. Herr kastaði skjöldum, þá er {ræstr rægagarr} rendi at brjóstum gumna. {Skærubíldr} beit at hjaldri í Skarpaskerjum; {máni randar} var roðinn, áðr Rafn konungr felli. Heitr sveiti dreif ór hausum hölða á brynjur.
‘We hewed with the sword. An army cast shields away when the drawn corpse-hound [SWORD] ran at the breasts of men. The battle-lancet [SWORD] bit in the conflict at Skarpasker; the moon of the shield-rim [SWORD] was reddened before King Rafn fell. Hot blood gushed from heads of men onto mail-coats. ’
notes and context
[3-4]: The initial <r> of rendi ‘ran’ in l. 3 and of ræstr ‘released, drawn’ in l. 4 indicates that, in conformity with the rules of alliteration (see Gade 1995a, 4), the initial <h> of the mss’ hrægagarr ‘corpse-hound’ (see the next Note) was not intended to be pronounced, cf. LP: hrægagarr and first Note to st. 2/10, above.
readings
- [1] Hjuggu vér með hjörvi: abbrev. as ‘híugu ver m h̄.’ 1824b, Hjuggum vér með hjörvi 6ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, abbrev. as ‘H. v: med h:’ R702ˣ
- [3] rægagarr: ‘hrę gagar’ ‘hraegagare W.’ in margin 6ˣ, ‘hraegagare’ LR, R693ˣ
- [4] ræstr (‘rręstr’): ‘Restur’ with ‘Reistur W.’ in margin 6ˣ, ‘rreistur’ R702ˣ, ‘reistur’ LR, ‘(R)eistur’(?) with ‘Reistur’ in margin R693ˣ
- [4] gumna: gunna R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ
- [5] Skarpa‑: skarpa with ‘Skarfa Worm’ in margin 6ˣ, ‘skarffua’ R702ˣ, ‘skarfua’ LR
- [6] skærubíldr: ‘skęrí billdr’ 1824b, ‘Skeri billdur’ with ‘skæribilldur W.’ in margin 6ˣ, ‘skæribilldur’ R702ˣ, R693ˣ, ‘skaeribildur’ LR
- [7] roðinn: roðin 1824b, R702ˣ, ‘Rodium’ R693ˣ
- [9] Dreif ór hölða hausum: ‘dreíf (ur) heila haugum’(?) 147
- [10] heitr á brynjur sveiti: so 6ˣ, R702ˣ, R693ˣ, ‘heitr a bre[...] sveiti’ 1824b, ‘[…] he(i)t(ur) a […]um su(eiti)’(?) 147, ‘heitum a brynniur sueite’ LR
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) — 79v - 79v
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images
Herr kastaði skjöldum,
þá er rægagarr rendi
ræstr at gumna brjóstum.
Beit í Skarpaskerjum
†skęrí billdr† at hjaldri;
roðin var randar máni,
áðr Rafn konungr felli.
Dreif ór hölða hausum
†heitr a bre[...] sveiti† . -
AM 147 4° (147) — 108r - 108r [9-10]
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi.
images
Herr kastaði skjöldum,
þá er rægagarr rendi
ræstr at gumna brjóstum.
Beit í Skarpaskerjum
skærubíldr at hjaldri;
roðinn var randar máni,
áðr Rafn konungr felli.
†dreíf (ur) heila haugum†
†[…] he(i)t(ur) a […]um su(eiti)† . -
AM 6 folx (6x) — 87r/6 - 87r/15
Hjuggum vér með hjörvi .
images
Herr kastaði skjöldum,
þá er †hrę gagar† rendi
†Restur† at gumna brjóstum.
Beit í skarpaskerjum
†Skeri billdur† at hjaldri;
roðinn var randar máni,
áðr Rafn konungr felli.
Dreif ór hölða hausum
heitr á brynjur sveiti. -
UppsUB R 702x (R702x) — 29v - 29v
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images
Herr kastaði skjöldum,
þá er rægagarr rendi
†rreistur† at gunna brjóstum.
Beit í †skarffua†skerjum
†skæribilldur† at hjaldri;
roðin var randar máni,
áðr Rafn konungr felli.
Dreif ór hölða hausum
heitr á brynjur sveiti. -
Worm 1636 (LR) — 202 - 203
Hjuggum vér með hjörvi .
images
Herr kastaði skjöldum,
þá er †hraegagare† rendi
†reistur† at gunna brjóstum.
Beit í †skarfua†skerjum
†skaeribildur† at hjaldri;
roðinn var randar máni,
áðr Rafn konungr felli.
Dreif ór hölða hausum
†heitum a brynniur sueite† . -
UppsUB R 693x (R693x) — 7r - 7r
Hjuggum vér með hjörvi .
Herr kastaði skjöldum,
þá er †hraegagare† rendi
†(R)eistur† at gunna brjóstum.
Beit í Skarpaskerjum
†skæribilldur† at hjaldri;
†Rodium† var randar máni,
áðr Rafn konungr felli.
Dreif ór hölða hausum
heitr á brynjur sveiti.
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], H. Krákumál 6: AI, 643, BI, 650, Skald I, 317; Rafn 1826, 6-7, 105-7, Pfeiffer 1860, 124, CPB II, 341, Wisén 1886-9, I, 63, Krm 1891, 225, Finnur Jónsson 1893b, 87, Finnur Jónsson 1905, 153, Ragn 1906-8, 187.
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