Busla Busl 8VIII (Bós 8)
Wilhelm Heizmann (ed.) 2017, ‘Bósa saga 8 (Busla, Buslubæn 8)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 34.
text and translation
Tröll ok álfar ok töfrnornir,
búar, bergrisar brenni þínar hallir.
Hati þik hrímþussar, hestar streði þik,
stráin stangi þik, en stormar æri þik,
ok vei verði þér, nema þú vilja minn gjorir.
Tröll ok álfar ok töfrnornir, búar, bergrisar brenni hallir þínar. Hrímþussar hati þik, hestar streði þik, stráin stangi þik, en stormar æri þik, ok verði þér vei, nema þú gjorir vilja minn.
‘May trolls and elves and magic-Norns, supernatural inhabitants and mountain giants burn your halls. May frost giants loathe you, stallions violate you, straw prick you and storms bewilder you; and harm will come to you unless you do my bidding. ’
notes and context
A passage of prose now intervenes in Bós after st. 7 and before st. 8. It tells that the king remains implacable and insults Busla by calling her a vættr, a word which can be understood in the sense of ‘witch’ in this context. Busla’s magic causes the king to be stuck fast to the bed and the servant boys kept asleep. Thus she can begin to recite the poetry that begins the second section of the curse, in which an entire army of demons is invoked to rise up against the king.
readings
- [2] töfr‑: taufra 577, töfra 361ˣ
- [4] brenni: brenn 577, 361ˣ
- [5] þik: om. 577, 361ˣ
- [6] hestar streði þik: ‘heller þínar’ 577, 361ˣ
- [6] streði: tróði 340ˣ
- [8] en: om. 577, 361ˣ
- [8] stormar: stofnar 577, 361ˣ, stjörnur 510, stormur 340ˣ
- [8] æri: angri 577, 361ˣ
- [9] ok: om. 577
- [9] vei verði þér: verði þér vei 577
- [10] vilja: vili 577
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/10 - 14v/12
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AM 577 4° (577) — 53v/23 - 53v/26
Tröll ok álfar
images
ok taufranornir,
búar, bergrisar
brenn þínar hallir.
Hati hrímþussar,
†heller þínar† ,
stráin stangi þik,
stofnar angri þik,
verði þér vei ,
nema þú vili minn gjorir. -
AM 510 4° (510) — 11v/5 - 11v/7
Tröll ok álfar
images
ok töfrnornir,
búar, bergrisar
brenni þínar hallir.
Hati þik hrímþussar,
hestar streði þik,
stráin stangi þik,
en stjörnur æri þik,
ok vei verði þér,
nema þú vilja minn gjorir. -
AM 340 4°x (340x) — 271/27 - 272/2
Tröll ok álfar
images
ok töfrnornir,
búar, bergrisar
brenni þínar hallir.
Hati þik hrímþussar,
hestar tróði þik,
stráin stangi þik,
en stormur æri þik,
ok vei verði þér,
nema þú vilja minn gjorir. -
AM 361 4°x (361x) — 3v - 3v
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AM 361 4°x (361x) — 11r - 11r
Tröll ok álfar
ok töfranornir,
búar, bergrisar
brenn þínar hallir.
Hati hrímþussar,
†heller þínar† ,
stráin stangi þik,
stofnar angri þik,
ok vei verði þér,
nema þú vilja minn gjorir.
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