Busla Busl 6VIII (Bós 6)
Wilhelm Heizmann (ed.) 2017, ‘Bósa saga 6 (Busla, Buslubæn 6)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 32.
text and translation
Ef þú ríðr, raskiz taumar,
heltiz hestar, en hrumiz klárar,
en götur allar ok gagnstígar
troðiz allar í tröllhendr fyrir þér,
nema þú Bósa bjargir veitir
ok Herrauð heipt upp gefir.
Ef þú ríðr, raskiz taumar, hestar heltiz, en hrumiz klárar, en allar götur ok allar gagnstígar troðiz fyrir þér í tröllhendr, nema þú veitir Bósa bjargir ok gefir Herrauð upp heipt.
‘If you ride, may the reins become tangled, the horses limp, the nags become decrepit, and on all roads and through-routes may you be driven into the hands of trolls, unless you grant Bósi freedom and forego your hatred against Herrauðr. ’
notes and context
This stanza has a number of metrical irregularities. Lines 1 and 11 are hypometrical, while l. 8 in the form of the majority of mss is unmetrical, though the version of 510 and 340ˣ is metrical. — By means of this stanza, the king’s opportunities to travel throughout the land on horseback are intended to be diminished or rendered impossible.
readings
- [3] hestar: hestr 510
- [6] ok: so 510, ‘[…]’ 586, en 577, 340ˣ, 361ˣ
- [7] allar: tvéfaldar 577, 361ˣ
- [8] í tröllhendr: í trölla hendr 510, 340ˣ
- [8] fyrir þér: om. 340ˣ
- [9] Bósa: Bögubósa 577
- [10] bjargir veitir: ‘bi vm w̄ vei.’ 577
- [12] heipt: ‘hei’ 577, heyptir 340ˣ
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 586 4° (586) — 14v/1 - 14v/3
Ef þú ríðr,
images
raskiz taumar,
heltiz hestar,
en hrumiz klárar,
en götur allar
†[…]† gagnstígar
troðiz allar
í tröllhendr fyrir þér,
nema þú Bósa
bjargir veitir
ok Herrauð
heipt upp gefir. -
AM 577 4° (577) — 53v/12 - 53v/14
Ef þú ríðr,
images
raskiz taumar,
heltiz hestar,
en hrumiz klárar,
en götur allar
en gagnstígar
troðiz tvéfaldar
í tröllhendr fyrir þér,
nema þú Bögubósa
†bi vm w̄ vei.†
ok Herrauð
†hei† upp gefir. -
AM 510 4° (510) — 11r/23 - 11r/25
Ef þú ríðr,
images
raskiz taumar,
heltiz hestr,
en hrumiz klárar,
en götur allar
ok gagnstígar
troðiz allar
í trölla hendr fyrir þér,
nema þú Bósa
bjargir veitir
ok Herrauð
heipt upp gefir. -
AM 340 4°x (340x) — 271/12 - 271/15
Ef þú ríðr,
images
raskiz taumar,
heltiz hestar,
en hrumiz klárar,
en götur allar
en gagnstígar
troðiz allar
í trölla hendr ,
nema þú Bósa
bjargir veitir
ok Herrauð
heyptir upp gefir. -
AM 361 4°x (361x) — 3r - 3r
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AM 361 4°x (361x) — 11r - 11r
Ef þú ríðr,
raskiz taumar,
heltiz hestar,
en hrumiz klárar,
en götur allar
en gagnstígar
troðiz tvéfaldar
í tröllhendr fyrir þér,
nema þú Bósa
bjargir veitir
ok Herrauð
heipt upp gefir.
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