Anon Krm 9VIII
Rory McTurk (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Poems, Krákumál 9’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 734.
text and translation
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi.
Háðum rendr í dreyra,
þá er benstara bræddum
fyr Borgundarhólmi.
Hreggský slituz hringa;
hratt álmr af sér málmi;
Völnir fell at vígi;
varat einn konungr meiri.
Val rak vítt of strandir;
vargr fagnaði tafni.
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi. Háðum rendr í dreyra, þá er bræddum {benstara} fyr Borgundarhólmi. {Hreggský hringa} slituz; álmr hratt af sér málmi; Völnir fell at vígi; varat einn konungr meiri. Val rak vítt of strandir; vargr fagnaði tafni.
‘We hewed with the sword. We steeped shields in blood when we fed the wound-starling [RAVEN/EAGLE] off Bornholm. Storm-clouds of swords [SHIELDS] were destroyed; the bow thrust forth metal; Vǫlnir fell in the battle; not a single king was greater. The slain were scattered far and wide over the beaches; the wolf rejoiced in its prey. ’
notes and context
[6]: This line, an example (rare in Krm) of aðalhending occurring in an even-numbered line, is comparable both in this respect and in wording with RvHbreiðm Hl 28/6III almr sparn … malma hjalma ‘the elm-bow kicked … arrows of helmets’. Málmr ‘metal’ in the specific meaning of ‘arrow(s)’, which it seems to have here, is relatively rare in skaldic poetry, occurring elsewhere in RvHbreiðm Hl 77/8III and in Þorm Lv 25/5I.
readings
- [1] Hjuggu vér með hjörvi: abbrev. as ‘Hiug. v. m. h᷎.’ 1824b, ‘[…]’ 147, Hjuggum vér með hjörvi 6ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, abbrev. as ‘H. v. m. h.’ R702ˣ
- [2] Háðum: ‘[…]dum’ 147, ‘ha̋dum’ with ‘hofdum’ in margin 6ˣ, ‘hófdum’ R702ˣ, ‘hofdum’ LR, ‘hafdum’ R693ˣ
- [2] rendr í dreyra: ‘[…]nd(ur) i dre(yra)’(?) 147, rendr í dreyra with ‘blodi W.’ in margin 6ˣ, rendr í blóði R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ
- [3] þá er: ‘(þá er)’(?) 147
- [3] benstara: so R702ˣ, ‘bein starra’ 1824b, ‘[…]’ 147, ‘bein stara’ with ‘benþvara W.’ in margin 6ˣ, ‘ben thver a’ LR, ‘benþuera’ R693ˣ
- [3] bræddum: so R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ, brendum 1824b, ‘[…]’ 147, bendum 6ˣ
- [4] fyr Borgundarhólmi: ‘f(yrir) […]’(?) 147
- [5] Hreggský slituz hringa (‘hreggský slítv hringa’): ‘[…]g sky slitu’ 147, ‘hregg sky slitu hringa’ with ‘Reggsky slitu rander Worm.’ in margin 6ˣ, ‘Regnský slitu Rander’ R702ˣ, ‘reggsky slitu rander’ LR, R693ˣ
- [6] hratt: ‘[…]’ 147, ‘ratt’ R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ
- [6] álmr af sér málmi: ‘[...]’ 147
- [7] Völnir (‘volnir’): so R702ˣ, ‘vvlnír’ 1824b, ‘[…]’ 147, ‘vulner’ with ‘følner W.’ in margin 6ˣ, ‘folnir’ LR, ‘Wolnir’ R693ˣ
- [7] fell at vígi: ‘[…]’ 147
- [8] varat einn konungr: ‘[…]’ 147, ‘varat eirn kongur’ 6ˣ, ‘var at aei kongur’ LR, R693ˣ
- [8] meiri: ‘[…]’ 147
- [9] Val rak: ‘[…]’ 147
- [9] vítt of (‘vt of’): ‘[…]’ 147, ‘vt of’ with ‘vi̋tt W.’ in margin 6ˣ, vítt um R702ˣ, LR, R693ˣ
- [9] strandir: ‘[…]’ 147
- [10] vargr fagnaði tafni: ‘[…]’ 147
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
Háðum rendr í dreyra,
þá er †bein starra† brendum
fyr Borgundarhólmi.
Hreggský slituz hringa;
hratt álmr af sér málmi;
†vvlnír† fell at vígi;
varat einn konungr meiri.
Val rak vítt of strandir;
vargr fagnaði tafni. -
AM 147 4° (147) — 108r - 108r
†[…]† .
images
†[…]dum […]nd(ur) i dre(yra)† ,
†(þá er)† †[…]††[…]†
†f(yrir) […]† .
†[…]g sky slitu† ;
†[…]† ;
†[…]† ;
†[…]† †[…]†.
†[…]† †[…]†;
†[…]† . -
AM 6 folx (6x) — 87v/15 - 87v/24
Hjuggum vér með hjörvi .
images
†ha̋dum† rendr í dreyra ,
þá er †bein stara† bendum
fyr Borgundarhólmi.
†hregg sky slitu hringa† ;
hratt álmr af sér málmi;
†vulner† fell at vígi;
†varat eirn kongur† meiri.
Val rak †vt of† strandir;
vargr fagnaði tafni. -
UppsUB R 702x (R702x) — 29v - 30r
.
images
†hófdum† rendr í blóði ,
þá er benstara bræddum
fyr Borgundarhólmi.
†Regnský slitu Rander† ;
†ratt† álmr af sér málmi;
Völnir fell at vígi;
varat einn konungr meiri.
Val rak vítt um strandir;
vargr fagnaði tafni. -
Worm 1636 (LR) — 206 - 206
Hjuggum vér með hjörvi .
images
†hofdum† rendr í blóði ,
þá er †ben thver a† bræddum
fyr Borgundarhólmi.
†reggsky slitu rander† ;
†ratt† álmr af sér málmi;
†folnir† fell at vígi;
†var at aei kongur† meiri.
Val rak vítt um strandir;
vargr fagnaði tafni. -
UppsUB R 693x (R693x) — 8v - 8v
Hjuggum vér með hjörvi .
†hafdum† rendr í blóði ,
þá er †benþuera† bræddum
fyr Borgundarhólmi.
†reggsky slitu rander† ;
†ratt† álmr af sér málmi;
†Wolnir† fell at vígi;
†var at aei kongur† meiri.
Val rak vítt um strandir;
vargr fagnaði tafni.
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], H. Krákumál 9: AI, 643-4, BI, 651, Skald I, 317; Rafn 1826, 8-9, 112-14, Pfeiffer 1860, 125, CPB II, 342, Wisén 1886-9, I, 63, Krm 1891, 226, Finnur Jónsson 1893b, 87, Finnur Jónsson 1905, 154, Ragn 1906-8, 187.
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