Hallvarðr Frag 3VIII (Frið 22)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Friðþjófs saga ins frœkna 22 (Hallvarðr, verses 3)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 219.
text and translation
Taktu af gólfi, gangfögr kona,
horn hólfanda; hef ek af drukkit.
Menn sé ek á mar, þá er munu þurfa
hreggmóðir liðs, áðr höfn taki.
Gangfögr kona, taktu hólfanda horn af gólfi; ek hef drukkit af. Ek sé hreggmóðir menn á mar, þá er munu þurfa liðs, áðr taki höfn.
‘Nicely moving woman, take [this] upside down horn from the hall-floor; I have drained it. I see storm-weary men out at sea, who will need help before they reach the harbour. ’
notes and context
In the A text, Hallvarðr speaks this stanza to a cup-bearer (byrlari), in the B text to a woman who had previously given him a drinking-horn.
The prose context of the A text seems to contradict the stanza, in which Hallvarðr addresses himself to a woman, not a male cup-bearer. Some of the A redaction mss urge the woman to go onto the hall-floor to collect the speaker’s empty horn, but the majority (including 568ˣ) urge her to take it away.
readings
- [1] Taktu: so 568ˣ, papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ, Gakk þú þú 510, Gakk þú 27ˣ
- [1] af: so papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ, á 510, 568ˣ, 27ˣ
- [2] gang‑: so all others, ‘ga’ 510
- [3] horn: so all others, á horni 510
- [3] hólfanda: so 568ˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ, haldandi 510, hvólfanda 27ˣ, papp17ˣ, hvólfandi 109a IIˣ
- [4] af: ór 27ˣ
- [6] þá: þeir papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
- [7] liðs: lið 568ˣ, 27ˣ, papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
- [8] áðr höfn taki: áðr höfnum nái 27ˣ
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/32 - 94r/1
imagesGakk þú þú á gólfi,
†ga†fögr kona,
á horni haldandi;
hef ek af drukkit.
Menn sé ek á mar,
þá er munu þurfa
hreggmóðir liðs,
áðr höfn taki.Gack þu | þu ꜳ̋ golfí ga fogur kona. ꜳ̋ hornní halldandi hefe ec af druckit. menn se ec ⸝ꜳ⸜ mar || þa er mvnu þurfa. hregg moder líds adur hǫfnn tace.
(JG)
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AM 568 4°x (568x) — 101r - 101r
Taktu á gólfi,
images
gangfögr kona,
horn hólfanda;
hef ek af drukkit.
Menn sé ek á mar,
þá er munu þurfa
hreggmóðir lið,
áðr höfn taki. -
JS 27 folx (27x) — 136r - 136r
Gakk þú á gólfi,
images
gangfögr kona,
horn hvólfanda;
hef ek ór drukkit.
Menn sé ek á mar,
þá er munu þurfa
hreggmóðir lið,
áðr höfnum nái . -
Holm papp 17 4°x (papp17x) — 360r/1 - 360r/3
imagesTaktu af gólfi,
gangfögr kona,
horn hvólfanda;
hef ek af drukkit.
Menn sé ek á mar,
þeir er munu þurfa
hreggmóðir lið,
áðr höfn taki.Taktu af golfe gangfꝍgur kona, horn | huolfandi, hef eg af druckid, menn sie eg ꜳ̈ mar, þeir er munu þurfa, hreggmöder lid, adur | hꝍfn take,
(JG)
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AM 109 a II 8°x (109a IIx) — 149r - 149r
Taktu af gólfi,
images
gangfögr kona,
horn hvólfandi;
hef ek af drukkit.
Menn sé ek á mar,
þeir er munu þurfa
hreggmóðir lið,
áðr höfn taki. -
GKS 1006 folx (1006x) — 587/6 - 587/8
imagesTaktu af gólfi,
gangfögr kona,
horn hólfanda;
hef ek af drukkit.
Menn sé ek á mar,
þeir er munu þurfa
hreggmóðir lið,
áðr höfn taki.takttu af gölfi gangfogur kona horn|holfanda hef eg af druckid menn sie ec a mar þeir er munu | þurfa hregg moder lid adur hofn taki.
(JG)
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AM 173 folx (173x) — 87v/14 - 87v/21
Taktu af gólfi,
images
gangfögr kona,
horn hólfanda;
hef ek af drukkit.
Menn sé ek á mar,
þeir er munu þurfa
hreggmóðir lið,
áðr höfn taki.
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