FriðÞ Lv 18VIII (Frið 23)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Friðþjófs saga ins frœkna 23 (Friðþjófr Þorsteinsson, Lausavísur 18)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 220.
text and translation
Þér munuð ekki oss um kúga,
æðrufullir eyjarskeggjar!
Heldr mun ek ganga en griða biðja
einn til ógnar við yðr tíu.
Þér munuð ekki um kúga oss, æðrufullir eyjarskeggjar! Ek mun heldr ganga einn til ógnar við yðr tíu en biðja griða.
‘You will not tyrannise over us, fearful island-beards! I will rather go alone to battle against you ten than sue for peace. ’
notes and context
The jarl asks Hallvarðr for information about the men he has seen and tells him to go and meet them at the seashore. However, a viking named Atli starts to cause trouble and is aggressive towards Friðþjófr, who responds with this stanza.
The stanza is fairly stable in all mss. The metre is fornyrðislag. The fragmentary ms. Holm10 VI records one and a half lines (ll. 7-8) of this stanza. It shows no significant variation from the other mss here.
readings
- [1] munuð: ‘munu[…]’ 568ˣ
- [1] ekki: ‘[…]’ 568ˣ, ei papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
- [2] oss um kúga: oss kúgat geta papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
- [6] biðja: ‘[…]ia’ 568ˣ
- [7] einn: so 568ˣ, 27ˣ, papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 173ˣ, en 510, ‘eirn’ 1006ˣ
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) — 94r/9 - 94r/11
imagesÞér munuð ekki
oss um kúga,
æðrufullir
eyjarskeggjar!
Heldr mun ek ganga
en griða biðja
en til ógnar
við yðr tíu.Þier | mvnut ecki os of kuga. ædrv fuller eyiar skeggiar. helldur mun ec ganga en grída | bidia. en til ognnar uíd ydur .x.
(JG)
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Holm perg 10 VI 8° (Holm10 VI) — 2r/1 - 2r/1 [7-8]
images -
AM 568 4°x (568x) — 101r - 101r
Þér †munu[…] […]†
images
oss um kúga,
æðrufullir
eyjarskeggjar!
Heldr mun ek ganga
en griða †[…]ia†
einn til ógnar
við yðr tíu. -
JS 27 folx (27x) — 136r - 136r
Þér munuð ekki
images
oss um kúga,
æðrufullir
eyjarskeggjar!
Heldr mun ek ganga
en griða biðja
einn til ógnar
við yðr tíu. -
Holm papp 17 4°x (papp17x) — 360r/12 - 360r/13
imagesÞér munuð ei
oss kúgat geta ,
æðrufullir
eyjarskeggjar!
Heldr mun ek ganga
en griða biðja
einn til ógnar
við yðr tíu.Þier munud ei oss kvgad gieta, ædru fuller eyarsk|ieggiar, helldur mun eg ganga, enn grida bidia, einn til ognar, vid ydur x .,
(JG)
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AM 109 a II 8°x (109a IIx) — 149r - 149r
Þér munuð ei
images
oss kúgat geta ,
æðrufullir
eyjarskeggjar!
Heldr mun ek ganga
en griða biðja
einn til ógnar
við yðr tíu. -
GKS 1006 folx (1006x) — 587/22 - 587/24
imagesÞér munuð ei
oss kúgat geta ,
æðrufullir
eyjarskeggjar!
Heldr mun ek ganga
en griða biðja
†eirn† til ógnar
við yðr tíu.Þier munud ej oss kugad gjeta. | ædru fuller eyarskieggar. helldur mun ec ganga enn ɢrida | bidia eirn til ognar vid ydur x.
(JG)
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AM 173 folx (173x) — 88r/5 - 88r/12
Þér munuð ei
images
oss kúgat geta ,
æðrufullir
eyjarskeggjar!
Heldr mun ek ganga
en griða biðja
einn til ógnar
við yðr tíu.
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