FriðÞ Lv 13VIII (Frið 15)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Friðþjófs saga ins frœkna 15 (Friðþjófr Þorsteinsson, Lausavísur 13)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 212.
text and translation
Þann skal hring um höggva,
er Hálfdanar átti,
áðr oss tapi ægir,
auðigr faðir, rauðan.
Sjá skal gull á gestum,
ef vér gistingar þurfum
— þat dugir rausnarrekkum —
í Ránar sal miðjum.
Skal um höggva þann rauðan hring, er auðigr faðir Hálfdanar átti, áðr ægir tapi oss. Gull skal sjá á gestum, ef vér þurfum gistingar í miðjum sal Ránar; þat dugir rausnarrekkum.
‘That red-gold ring, which the wealthy father of Hálfdan owned, must be cut up, before the sea can destroy us. Gold must be visible on guests, if we need accommodation in the middle of Rán’s <sea-goddess’s> hall; that is fitting for men of splendour. ’
notes and context
The prose text of both redactions introduces the idea, attributed to Friðþjófr, that those about to travel to Rán should be well dressed and carry something made of gold about their persons. To this end Friðþjófr decides to cut the ring Ingibjargarnaut ‘Ingibjǫrg’s gift’ into pieces so each man can have one. He then speaks Frið 15.
This stanza is an irregular dróttkvætt, rather than the málaháttr suggested by Wenz (Frið 1914, lxxii). Aðalhendingar are lacking in ll. 6 and 8, while l. 6 is hypermetrical when vér ‘we’, present in all mss, is included. Skj B and Skald regularise the metre here by deleting the pron.
readings
- [1] hring um: so papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ, hringum 510, 27ˣ
- [2] Hálfdanar: so papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ, Hálfdan 510, 27ˣ
- [2] átti: átti átti 27ˣ
- [3] áðr: áðr enn papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
- [3] tapi: so 27ˣ, papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, ‘tapi[…]’ 510, tapir 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
- [7] dugir: ‘daugher’ 27ˣ
- [8] sal: ‘salnum’ papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
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 510 4° (510) — 93v/7 - 93v/9
imagesÞann skal hringum höggva,
er Hálfdan átti,
áðr oss †tapi[…]† ægir,
auðigr faðir, rauðan.
Sjá skal gull á gestum,
ef vér gistingar þurfum
— þat dugir rausnarrekkum —
í Ránar sal miðjum.Þann skal hringvm haugua. er halfdan atte adur os tapí[…] | æger audigur fader raudan. sia skal gull ꜳ̋ gestum. ef uer gistíngar þurfum. þad duger | rausnar reckum. j ranar sal mídíum.
(JG)
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JS 27 folx (27x) — 135v - 135v
Þann skal hringum höggva,
images
er Hálfdan átti átti,
áðr oss tapi ægir,
auðigr faðir, rauðan.
Sjá skal gull á gestum,
ef vér gistingar þurfum
— þat †daugher† rausnarrekkum —
í Ránar sal miðjum. -
Holm papp 17 4°x (papp17x) — 359r/31 - 359r/33
imagesÞann skal hring um höggva,
er Hálfdanar átti,
áðr enn oss tapi ægir,
auðigr faðir, rauðan.
Sjá skal gull á gestum,
ef vér gistingar þurfum
— þat dugir rausnarrekkum —
í Ránar †salnum† miðjum.Þann skal hryng vm hꝍggua, er haldanar ätti, adur enn oss tape æger | audugur fader ʀaudan, sia skal gull ä giestum, ef vær gistingar þurfum, þad duger ʀausnar | ʀeckum, j ʀänar salnum midium
(JG)
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AM 109 a II 8°x (109a IIx) — 148r - 148r
Þann skal hring um höggva,
images
er Hálfdanar átti,
áðr enn oss tapi ægir,
auðigr faðir, rauðan.
Sjá skal gull á gestum,
ef vér gistingar þurfum
— þat dugir rausnarrekkum —
í Ránar †salnum† miðjum. -
GKS 1006 folx (1006x) — 585/9 - 585/12
imagesÞann skal hring um höggva,
er Hálfdanar átti,
áðr enn oss tapir ægir,
auðigr faðir, rauðan.
Sjá skal gull á gestum,
ef vér gistingar þurfum
— þat dugir rausnarrekkum —
í Ránar †salnum† miðjum.Þann skal hring vm hoggua. er Haldanar atti adur enn ös taper æer | audugur fader ʀaudann. sia skal ɢull ꜳ ɢiestum ef vier ɢist|ingar þurfum þad duger rausnar ʀeckum j ʀanar salnum midium.
(JG)
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AM 173 folx (173x) — 86r/13 - 86r/20
Þann skal hring um höggva,
images
er Hálfdanar átti,
áðr enn oss tapir ægir,
auðigr faðir, rauðan.
Sjá skal gull á gestum,
ef vér gistingar þurfum
— þat dugir rausnarrekkum —
í Ránar †salnum† miðjum.
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