Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Þjóðólfr ór Hvini, Haustlǫng 14’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 453.
Eðr of sér, es jǫtna
ótti lét of sóttan
hellis b*ǫr, á hyrjar,
haugs Grjótúna, baugi.
Ók at ísarnleiki
Jarðar sunr, en dunði
— móðr svall Meila blóða —
mána vegr und hônum.
Eðr of sér á baugi hyrjar, es {ótti jǫtna} lét of sóttan {b*ǫr hellis {haugs Grjótúna}}. {Sunr Jarðar} ók at {ísarnleiki}, en {vegr mána} dunði und hônum; móðr {blóða Meila} svall.
‘Furthermore one can see on the shield-ring of fire, where the terror of giants [= Þórr] made a visit to the tree of the cave of the mound of Grjótún [= Grjótúnagarðar > GIANT = Hrungnir]. The son of Jǫrð <goddess> [= Þórr] drove to the iron-play [BATTLE], and the path of the moon [SKY/HEAVEN] resounded beneath him; the anger of the brother of Meili [= Þórr] swelled.’
Haustl sts 14-20 are cited as a sequence in Skm (in mss R, Tˣ and W) after the prose narration of the myth of the giant Hrungnir, in which the giant first makes a nuisance of himself in Ásgarðr and then, after Þórr has challenged him to a duel, engages with the god in a single combat, where Þórr has Þjálfi as his second, and Hrungnir has a clay giant by the name of Mǫkkurkálfi (SnE 1998, I, 20-2). The sequence of stanzas is introduced with the statement: Eptir þessi sǫgu hefir ort Þjóðólfr hvinverski í Haustlǫng. Svá segir þar … ‘Þjóðólfr from Hvinir has composed [a poem] based on this story in Haustlǫng. It says there …’. Lines 5-8 of st. 14 are also cited again a little later in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 34) in mss R, Tˣ, W, U and B to exemplify kennings for ‘sky’, in this case vegr mána ‘the path of the moon’ (l. 8).
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Eðr of sér, es jǫtna
ótti lét of sóttum
hellis †biꜹr†, á hyrjar,
haug Grjótúna, baugi.
Ók at ísarnleiki
†iarðr† sunr, en dunði
— móður svall Meila bróður —
mána vegr und hônum.
Eðr of ser er iotna otti let of sottvm hellis biꜹr a hyriar havg griotu| na bꜹgi· oc at isarnleiki iarðr svnr en dvndi moþvr svall meila| broþvr mana vegr vnd hanvm.
(MCR)
Eðr of sér, es jǫtna
ótti lét of sóttan
hellis b*ǫr, á hyrjar,
haugs Grjótúna, baugi.
Ók at ísarnleiki
Jarðar sunr, ok dunði
— móður svall Meila blóða —
mána vegr und hônum.
Ok at isarnleiki iarþar svnr ok| dvnði moðvr svall meila bloþa mana vegr vnd hanvm.
(MCR)
Eðr of sér, es jǫtna
ótti lét of sóttan
hellis †maur†, á hyrjar,
haug Grjótúna, baugi.
Ók at ísarnleiki
Jarðar sunr, enn dunði
— †miodr† svall Meila bróður —
mána vegr und hônum.
Edr of ser er jotna otti let of sottan hellis maur á hyriar haug griotuna bau-| gi. ok at i sarnleiki jardar sonr enn dundi miodr suall meila brodor mana vegr| und hanom.
(MCR)
Eðr of sér, es jǫtna
ótti lét of sóttan
hellis b*ǫr, á hyrjar,
haugs Grjótúna, baugi.
Ók at ísarnleiki
†ardar† sunr, enn dunði
— móðr svall Meila blóða —
mána vegr und hônum.
ok at jsarnleiki jardar ardar| sonr enn dunþi modr suall meila bloda mana vegr und hanom.
(MCR)
Eðr of sér, of jǫtna
ótti lét of sóttan
hellis †borv†, †[…]yriar† ,
haugs Grjótúna, baugi.
Ók at ísarnleiki
Jarðar sunr, en dunði
— móðr svall Meila bróður —
mána vegr und hônum.
Eðr of ser of iotna otti liet of sottan hellis baur […]yriar| haugs griotuna baugi ok at isarnleiki iarðar sunr en dundi moðr svall meila bro| ður mana vegr vnd hanvm.
(MCR)
Eðr of sér, es jǫtna
ótti lét of sóttan
hellis b*ǫr, á hyrjar,
haugs Grjótúna, baugi.
Ók at ísarnleiki
Jarðar sunr, en dunði
— móðr svall Meila blóða —
mána vegr und hônum.
Ok at isarn leiki iarðar sunr en dundi| moðr svall meila bloþa| mana vegr vnd hanvm.
(MCR)
Eðr of sér, es jǫtna
ótti lét of sóttan
hellis b*ǫr, á hyrjar,
haugs Grjótúna, baugi.
Ók at ísarnleiki
Jarðar sunr, en dulði
— móðr svall Meila blóði —
mána vegr und hônum.
Ok at isarnleiki. iarþar sonr en dvlþi. moþr svall meila bloþi| mana vegr vnd hanvm.
(MCR)
Eðr of sér, es jǫtna
ótti lét of sóttan
hellis b*ǫr, á hyrjar,
haugs Grjótúna, baugi.
Ók at †jsiarns†leiki
Jarðar son, hinn djarfi
— móðr svall Meila blóði —
mána vegr und hônum.
Ok at| jsíarns leiki jarðar son hinn diarfe moðr suall meide blóde mána vegr vnd hánvm.
(MCR)
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