Vitg Lv 1I
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2012, ‘Vitgeirr seiðmaðr, Lausavísa 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. 141.
text and translation
Þats vô lítil, at vér síðim
karla bǫrn ok kerlinga,
es Rǫgnvaldr síðr réttilbeini
hróðmǫgr Haralds á Haðalandi.
Þats lítil vô, at vér síðim, bǫrn karla ok kerlinga, es Rǫgnvaldr réttilbeini, hróðmǫgr Haralds, síðr á Haðalandi.
‘It is [does] little harm that we perform sorcery, children of lowly men and women, when Rǫgnvaldr réttilbeini, Haraldr’s glorious son, performs sorcery in Hadeland.’
notes and context
King Haraldr hárfagri ‘Fair-hair’ Hálfdanarson, who has taken a strong dislike to sorcery, sends a message to Vitgeirr in Hǫrðaland (Hordaland) commanding him to cease that practice. The stanza is Vitgeirr’s response to Haraldr’s request.
On the practice of seiðr ‘sorcery’, see Strömbäck (1935) and Buchholz (1968). — In ÓH in Bb(120ra) the stanza is paraphrased as prose: ok quad þat vera litil mvni þott ver seidím born ok kerlíngar. En raugnvalldr seidir rettilbeiní þiodmagr konungs ahadalandi ‘and said it to be of little interest if we perform sorcery, children and lowly women, when Rǫgnvaldr réttilbeini, the king’s mighty son, performs sorcery in Hadeland’.
readings
- [1] Þats (‘Þat er’): so all others, þá er Kˣ
- [1] lítil: lítit J1ˣ, J2ˣ
- [2] at: þótt J1ˣ, J2ˣ, Bb, Flat, R686ˣ, 61(75vb)
- [2] síðim: seiðim 61(2va), 53, Bb, Flat, 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 61(75vb), 325V, seiðum R686ˣ, 972ˣ, Tóm
- [3] karla bǫrn: karlbornir menn Tóm
- [5] síðr: seiðir 61(2va), 53, Bb, Flat, 972ˣ, 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 325V, Tóm, seiðr Holm2, R686ˣ
- [7] hróð‑: ‘Hord‑’ R686ˣ, hróðr‑ 73aˣ, 61(75vb), þjóð‑ 325V
- [8] Haðalandi: Haðaland 972ˣ
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 35 folx (Kx) — 74v/11 - 74v/18
imagesþá er vô lítil,
at vér síðim
karla bǫrn
ok kerlinga,
es Rǫgnvaldr síðr
réttilbeini
hróðmǫgr Haralds
á Haðalandi.Þá er vá litil | at ver síþim | karla bo᷎rn | ok kerlinga | er Ro᷎gnvaldr siþr | rettilbeíni | hroðmꜹgr Haraldz | a Haðalandi |
(DW)
-
AM 45 fol (F) — 13ra/16 - 13ra/17
Þats vô lítil,
images
at vér síðim
karla bǫrn
ok kerlinga,
es Rǫgnvaldr síðr
réttilbeini
hróðmǫgr Haralds
á Haðalandi. -
AM 37 folx (J1x) — 43r/12 - 43r/14
Þats vô lítit,
images
þótt vér síðim
karla bǫrn
ok kerlinga,
es Rǫgnvaldr síðr
réttilbeini
hróðmǫgr Haralds
á Haðalandi. -
AM 38 folx (J2x) — 42v/6 - 42v/13
Þats vô lítit,
images
þótt vér síðim
karla bǫrn
ok kerlinga,
es Rǫgnvaldr síðr
réttilbeini
hróðmǫgr Haralds
á Haðalandi. -
AM 61 fol (61*) — 2va/9 - 2va/11
Þats vô lítil,
images
at vér seiðim
karla bǫrn
ok kerlinga,
es Rǫgnvaldr seiðir
réttilbeini
hróðmǫgr Haralds
á Haðalandi. -
AM 53 fol (53) — 2rb/1 - 2rb/3
Þats vô lítil,
images
at vér seiðim
karla bǫrn
ok kerlinga,
es Rǫgnvaldr seiðir
réttilbeini
hróðmǫgr Haralds
á Haðalandi. -
Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 2vb/36 - 3ra/3
Þats vô lítil,
images
þótt vér seiðim
karla bǫrn
ok kerlinga,
es Rǫgnvaldr seiðir
réttilbeini
hróðmǫgr Haralds
á Haðalandi. -
GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 6rb/19 - 6rb/21
Þats vô lítil,
images
þótt vér seiðim
karla bǫrn
ok kerlinga,
es Rǫgnvaldr seiðir
réttilbeini
hróðmǫgr Haralds
á Haðalandi. -
Holm perg 2 4° (Holm2) — 2r/28 - 2r/29
Þats vô lítil,
images
at vér síðim
karla bǫrn
ok kerlinga,
es Rǫgnvaldr seiðr
réttilbeini
hróðmǫgr Haralds
á Haðalandi. -
UppsUB R 686x (R686x) — 2r/33 - 2r/35
Þats vô lítil,
images
þótt vér seiðum
karla bǫrn
ok kerlinga,
es Rǫgnvaldr seiðr
réttilbeini
†Hord-†mǫgr Haralds
á Haðalandi. -
Thott 972 folx (972x) — 11va/1 - 11va/4
Þats vô lítil,
images
at vér seiðum
karla bǫrn
ok kerlinga,
es Rǫgnvaldr seiðir
réttilbeini
hróðmǫgr Haralds
á Haðaland. -
AM 325 VI 4° (325VI) — 2rb/15 - 2rb/18
Þats vô lítil,
images
at vér seiðim
karla bǫrn
ok kerlinga,
es Rǫgnvaldr seiðir
réttilbeini
hróðmǫgr Haralds
á Haðalandi. -
AM 321 4°x (321x) — 4/6 - 4/8
imagesþad er va litil a⸌d⸍ | ver seidim karlaborn og kerlinga er Raugnvalldur seider Rettil | beine hródmaugr haralldz ä hadlande.
(VEÞ)
-
AM 73 a folx (73ax) — 4r/7 - 4r/10
Þats vô lítil,
images
at vér seiðim
karla bǫrn
ok kerlinga,
es Rǫgnvaldr seiðir
réttilbeini
hróðr-mǫgr Haralds
á Haðalandi. -
AM 78 a folx (78ax) — 2r/27 - 2v/2
Þats vô lítil,
images
at vér seiðim
karla bǫrn
ok kerlinga,
es Rǫgnvaldr seiðir
réttilbeini
hróðmǫgr Haralds
á Haðalandi. -
AM 68 fol (68) — 2r/3 - 2r/4
images -
AM 61 fol (61*) — 75vb/28 - 75vb/30
Þats vô lítil,
images
þótt vér seiðim
karla bǫrn
ok kerlinga,
es Rǫgnvaldr síðr
réttilbeini
hróðr-mǫgr Haralds
á Haðalandi. -
AM 325 V 4° (325V) — 2vb/2 - 2vb/5
Þats vô lítil,
at vér seiðim
karla bǫrn
ok kerlinga,
es Rǫgnvaldr seiðir
réttilbeini
þjóð-mǫgr Haralds
á Haðalandi.Þat er vá litil at ver | seiðim karlla bornn ok kerlinga · er ʀavgn | valldr seiðir rettil beiní þioð mavgr | harallz a haða landi
(VEÞ)
-
GKS 1008 fol (Tóm) — 91v/16 - 91v/16
Þats vô lítil,
images
at vér seiðum
karlbornir menn
ok kerlinga,
es Rǫgnvaldr seiðir
réttilbeini
hróðmǫgr Haralds
á Haðalandi. -
AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 404r/3 - 404r/10
images -
Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 120ra/23 - 120ra/23
images
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