Anon Krm 8VIII
Rory McTurk (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Poems, Krákumál 8’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 732.
text and translation
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi.
Hafa gátu þá rafnar
fyrir Inndyriseyju
ærna bráð at slíta.
Fengum fálu hestum
fullan verð at sinni
— ilt var eins at gæta —
með uppruna sólar.
Strenghömlur sá ek stíga;
stökk málmr á skör hjálmi.
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi. Þá gátu rafnar hafa ærna bráð at slíta fyrir Inndyriseyju. Fengum {hestum fálu} fullan verð at sinni með uppruna sólar; ilt var at gæta eins. Ek sá {strenghömlur} stíga; málmr stökk á skör hjálmi.
‘We hewed with the sword. Ravens then obtained plenty of flesh to tear off Inndyrisey. We provided horses of the giantess [WOLVES] with a full meal on that occasion at the rising of the sun; it was hard to keep track of individuals. I saw bow-stringsticks [ARROWS] ascending; metal leapt at rim of helmet. ’
notes and context
In R702ˣ, LR and R693ˣ the present stanza and st. 7 appear in reverse order. — [7-8]: These lines appear again in 147, somewhat more legibly, at fol. 108r, l. 24: ‘[…](llt uar) eíns at gæta’ (?) and at 108r, l. 24 ‑ 108v, l. 1: ‘fyrir […] pru(n)a solar.’ (?) as ll. 7-8 of st. 13; see the Readings for those lines, and Note to st. 13/7-8 below. — [10]: This line, a relatively rare example in Krm of aðalhending occurring, as would be expected, in an even-numbered line, is comparable in wording with RvHbreiðm Hl 64/7III almr sparn hart til hjalma ‘the elm-bow kicked … hard towards helmets’, where aðalhending also occurs, albeit in an odd-numbered line.
readings
- [1] Hjuggu vér með hjörvi: abbrev. as ‘Hiug. v m. h᷎.’ 1824b, abbrev. as ‘(H’ v)[…]’ (?)’ 147(108r), Hjuggum vér með hjörvi 6ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, abbrev. as ‘H. v. m. h.’ R702ˣ
- [2] Hafa: ‘[…]’ 147(108r), haft R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ
- [2] gátu þá rafnar: ‘[…]’ 147(108r)
- [3] fyrir Inndyriseyju (‘fyrir eínderis eyio’): ‘[…]’ 147(108r), ‘fyrer Einderis eýo’ with ‘inndýris eyo W.’ in margin 6ˣ, fyrir Inndyriseyjum R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ
- [4] ærna (‘erna’): ‘[…]’ 147(108r), ‘ęrna’ with ‘ærna’ in margin 6ˣ, ærna R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ
- [4] bráð at slíta: ‘[…](a)d at (s)[…]’(?) 147(108r)
- [5] Fengum fálu hestum: ‘f(e)ng(um) […] (hestu)[…]’(?) 147(108r)
- [6] fullan verð at sinni: ‘[…](verd) (s)[...]nn[...]’(?) 147(108r)
- [7] ilt var eins at: ‘[...](llt var) [...]’(?) 147(108r)
- [7] gæta (‘gęta’): ‘[…]’ 147(108r), ‘gęta’ with ‘geta Worm.’ in margin 6ˣ, ‘getu’ R702ˣ, geta LR, R693ˣ
- [8] með: ‘[…]’ 147(108r), í 6ˣ, R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ
- [8] uppruna sólar: ‘[...]’ 147(108r)
- [9] Strenghömlur (‘strengh haumlür’): ‘[…]’ 147(108r), ‘streing raulur’ 6ˣ, ‘streingholmur’ R693ˣ
- [9] sá ek: ‘[...]’ 147(108r)
- [9] stíga: ‘[…]’ 147(108r), stíga with ‘stinga’ in margin 6ˣ, stinga R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ
- [10] stökk málmr á skör hjálmi: ‘[...]’ 147(108r), ‘Stakk malmur a skor hialmi’ with ‘stakk almur af ser malmi. W.’ in margin 6ˣ, ‘stack almur af sier ma̋lme’ R702ˣ, LR, 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) — 79v - 79v
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Hafa gátu þá rafnar
fyrir Inndyriseyju
ærna bráð at slíta.
Fengum fálu hestum
fullan verð at sinni
— ilt var eins at gæta —
með uppruna sólar.
Strenghömlur sá ek stíga;
stökk málmr á skör hjálmi. -
AM 147 4° (147*) — 108r - 108r [1-7]
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†[…]†
†[…]†
†[…] […](a)d at (s)[…]† .
†f(e)ng(um) […] (hestu)[…]†
†[…](verd) (s)[...]nn[...]†
— †[...](llt var) [...]† †[…]† —
með uppruna sólar.
Strenghömlur sá ek stíga;
stökk málmr á skör hjálmi. -
AM 147 4° (147*) — 108r - 108v [7-8]
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi.
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Hafa gátu þá rafnar
fyrir Inndyriseyju
ærna bráð at slíta.
Fengum fálu hestum
fullan verð at sinni
— ilt var eins at gæta —
†[…]† .
†[…] [...] […]†;
†[...]† . -
AM 6 folx (6x) — 87v/3 - 87v/12
Hjuggum vér með hjörvi .
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Hafa gátu þá rafnar
†fyrer Einderis eýo†
†ęrna† bráð at slíta.
Fengum fálu hestum
fullan verð at sinni
— ilt var eins at †gęta† —
í uppruna sólar.
†streing raulur† sá ek stíga;
†Stakk malmur a skor hialmi† . -
UppsUB R 702x (R702x) — 29v - 29v
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haft gátu þá rafnar
fyrir Inndyriseyjum
ærna bráð at slíta.
Fengum fálu hestum
fullan verð at sinni
— ilt var eins at †getu† —
í uppruna sólar.
Strenghömlur sá ek stinga;
†stack almur af sier ma̋lme† . -
Worm 1636 (LR) — 203 - 204
Hjuggum vér með hjörvi .
images
haft gátu þá rafnar
fyrir Inndyriseyjum
ærna bráð at slíta.
Fengum fálu hestum
fullan verð at sinni
— ilt var eins at geta —
í uppruna sólar.
Strenghömlur sá ek stinga;
†stack almur af sier ma̋lme† . -
UppsUB R 693x (R693x) — 7v - 7v
Hjuggum vér með hjörvi .
haft gátu þá rafnar
fyrir Inndyriseyjum
ærna bráð at slíta.
Fengum fálu hestum
fullan verð at sinni
— ilt var eins at geta —
í uppruna sólar.
†streingholmur† sá ek stinga;
†stack almur af sier ma̋lme† .
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], H. Krákumál 8: AI, 643, BI, 650-1, Skald I, 317; Rafn 1826, 8-9, 110-12, Pfeiffer 1860, 124-5, CPB II, 341-2, Wisén 1886-9, I, 63, Krm 1891, 226, Finnur Jónsson 1893b, 87, 165, Finnur Jónsson 1905, 154, Ragn 1906-8, 187.
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