Þhorn Harkv 1I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Þorbjǫrn hornklofi, Haraldskvæði (Hrafnsmál) 1’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 94.
text and translation
Hlýði hringberendr, meðan ek frá Haraldi segi
odda íþróttir inum afarauðga.
Frá môlum mun ek segja, þeim es ek mey heyrða
hvíta haddbjarta, es við hrafn dœmði.
{Hringberendr} hlýði, meðan ek segi íþróttir odda frá Haraldi inum afarauðga. Ek mun segja frá môlum, þeim es ek heyrða hvíta, haddbjarta mey, es dœmði við hrafn.
‘Let sword-bearers [WARRIORS] listen, while I recount feats of weapon-points concerning Haraldr the exceedingly wealthy. I shall recount the words that I heard a white, bright-haired girl [utter] when she spoke with a raven.’
notes and context
In Fsk, this stanza and the next five are offered in evidence of the remark that champions flocked to Haraldr hárfagri because of his munificence and the splendour of his court.
readings
- [2] ek: om. FskAˣ, 52ˣ, 301ˣ
- [2] segi: segi ek FskAˣ, 52ˣ, 301ˣ
- [3] odda: oddi FskAˣ, 52ˣ, 301ˣ
- [3] íþróttir: so FskAˣ, 52ˣ, 301ˣ, íþróttar 51ˣ, FskBˣ, 302ˣ
- [4] afarauðga: so FskAˣ, 52ˣ, 301ˣ, hárfagra 51ˣ, FskBˣ, 302ˣ
- [8] dœmði: rœddi FskAˣ, 52ˣ, 301ˣ
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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AM 51 folx (51x) — 1v/24 - 1v/31
imagesHlýði hringberendr,
meðan ek frá Haraldi segi
odda íþróttar
inum hárfagra.
Frá môlum mun ek segja,
þeim es ek mey heyrða
hvíta haddbjarta,
es við hrafn dœmði.Lyði ringbere-ndr | meðan ec fra Harallde sægi | odda i þrottar | enom harfagra. | fra malom man ec sægia | þæim er ek mo᷎y ho᷎yrða | hvita haddbiarta | er við ramn do᷎mde . |
(RDF)
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OsloUB 371 folx (FskBx) — 2r/11 - 2r/18
imagesHlýði hringberendr,
meðan ek frá Haraldi segi
odda íþróttar
inum hárfagra.
Frá môlum mun ek segja,
þeim es ek mey heyrða
hvíta haddbjarta,
es við hrafn dœmði.Lyði ringberendr | meðan ec fra Harallde sægi | odda i þrottar | enom harfagra | fra malom man ec sægia | þæim er ek mꝍy hꝍyrða | hvita haddbiarta | er við ramn dꝍmde |
(RDF)
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AM 302 4°x (302x) — 2v/4 - 2v/10
imagesHlýði hringberendr,
meðan ek frá Haraldi segi
odda íþróttar
inum hárfagra.
Frá môlum mun ek segja,
þeim es ek mey heyrða
hvíta haddbjarta,
es við hrafn dœmði.Lyði ringberendr . | meðan ec fra Harallde sægi . | odda i þrottar enom harfagra . | fra malom man ec sægia . | þæim er ek mo᷎y ho᷎yrða . | hvita haddbiarta | er við ramn do᷎mde . |
(VEÞ)
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AM 303 4°x (FskAx) — 6/8 - 6/15
imagesHlýði hringberendr,
meðan frá Haraldi segi ek
oddi íþróttir
inum afarauðga.
Frá môlum mun ek segja,
þeim es ek mey heyrða
hvíta haddbjarta,
es við hrafn rœddi.Lyði ringberendr | meþan fra Haraldi seghi ec | oddi iþrottir | hinum avar ꜹðgha | fra malom mun ec seghia | þeim er ec mꝍy heyrða | hvita haddbiarta | er við ramn rædde |
(RDF)
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AM 52 folx (52x) — 3r/6 - 3r/13
imagesHlýði hringberendr,
meðan frá Haraldi segi ek
oddi íþróttir
inum afarauðga.
Frá môlum mun ek segja,
þeim es ek mey heyrða
hvíta haddbjarta,
es við hrafn rœddi.Lyðe ringberendr | meþan fra Haralde seghi ec | odde iþrottir | hinom avar ꜹðgha | fra malom man ec seghia | þeim er ec mꝍy heyrða | hvita haddbiarta | er við ramn rædde
(VEÞ)
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AM 301 4°x (301x) — 3r/11 - 3r/15
imagesHlýði hringberendr,
meðan frá Haraldi segi ek
oddi íþróttir
inum afarauðga.
Frá môlum mun ek segja,
þeim es ek mey heyrða
hvíta haddbjarta,
es við hrafn rœddi.Lyðe ringbe | rendr . meðan fra Haralde seghi ec oddi i þrotter | hinum avaʀ auðgha . fra malom man ec segia | þeim er ec mꝍy hꝍyrða hvita haddbiarta . er | við ramn rædde .
(VEÞ)
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AM 761 a 4°x (761ax) — 25r/2 - 25r/9
images
editions and texts
Skj: Þórbjǫrn hornklofi, 2. Haraldskvæði (Hrafnsmál) 1: AI, 24, BI, 22, Skald I, 14, NN §1815; Fsk 1902-3, 6, ÍF 29, 59-60 (ch. 2); Möbius 1860, 228, Jón Helgason 1946, 133-4, Jón Helgason 1968, 15.
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