Þhorn Harkv 19^I

‘Á gerðum sér þeira         ok á gollbaugum,
        at þeir eru í kunnleikum við konung:
feldum ráða þeir rauðum,         fôðum rǫndum,
sverðum silfrvǫfðum,         serkjum hringofnum,
gyltum andfetlum         ok grǫfnum hjǫlmum,
hringum handbærum,         es þeim Haraldr valði.’

‘Sér á gerðum þeira ok á gollbaugum, at þeir eru í kunnleikum við konung: þeir ráða rauðum feldum, fôðum rǫndum, sverðum silfrvǫfðum, serkjum hringofnum, gyltum andfetlum ok grǫfnum hjǫlmum, hringum handbærum, es Haraldr valði þeim.’

‘One sees from their gear, and from their gold rings, that they are on friendly terms with the king: they possess red cloaks, painted shields, swords wrapped with silver [wires], mail-shirts woven with rings, gilded sword-straps and engraved helmets, rings, which Haraldr chose for them’.

Mss: 51ˣ(2v-3r), FskBˣ(3v), 302ˣ(5r), FskAˣ(9-10), 52ˣ(4v), 301ˣ(4r) (Fsk)

Readings: [1] gerðum: ‘georðum’ FskAˣ, 52ˣ, 301ˣ    [4] feldum: ‘Oskioldum’ FskAˣ, 52ˣ, ok skjǫldum 301ˣ    [5] fôðum rǫndum: vðum rǫndum 51ˣ, FskBˣ, 302ˣ, ok vel fagrrenduðum FskAˣ, 52ˣ, 301ˣ    [8] and‑: ann‑ 51ˣ, 302ˣ, FskAˣ, 52ˣ, 301ˣ, an‑ FskBˣ    [9] grǫfnum: so FskAˣ, 52ˣ, 301ˣ, grœnum 51ˣ, FskBˣ, 302ˣ    [10] ‑bærum: ‑berum 302ˣ

Editions: Skj AI, 28, Skj BI, 24-5, Skald I, 15-16, NN §3206; Fsk 1902-3, 10-11, ÍF 29, 63 (ch. 2); Möbius 1860, 230, Jón Helgason 1946, 139, Jón Helgason 1968, 20.

Context: As for st. 15.

Notes: [All]: The raven replies. — [4-11]: Here the metre changes from ljóðaháttr to málaháttr. — [5] fôðum rǫndum ‘painted shields’: This is the emended reading proposed by von Friesen (1902, 69-71) and Kock (NN) on the basis of the FskB transcripts. It provides the necessary alliteration and good sense. Skj B, in accordance with the FskA transcripts, reads ok vel fagrrenduðum ‘and most beautifully striped’, in reference to the cloaks, as do Möbius (1860) and Fsk 1902-3 (the latter without ok). — [10] handbærum ‘worn on the arm’: Or perhaps ‘ready at hand’ (so CVC: handbærr).

References

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