FriðÞ Lv 3VIII (Frið 3)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Friðþjófs saga ins frœkna 3 (Friðþjófr Þorsteinsson, Lausavísur 3)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 197.
text and translation
Mjök tekr sjór at svella;
svá er nú drepit skýjum;
því ráða galdrar gamlir,
er gjálfr ór stað færiz.
Ei skal ek við ægi
í ofviðri berjaz;
látum Sólundir seggjum
svellvífaðar hlífa.
Sjór tekr mjök at svella; svá er nú drepit skýjum; gamlir galdrar ráða því, er gjálfr færiz ór stað. Ek skal ei berjaz við ægi í ofviðri; látum svellvífaðar Sólundir hlífa seggjum.
‘The sea begins to swell greatly; thus clouds are now louring; old spells cause the surge to be moved from its place. I will not fight against the ocean in the violent storm; let us make the ice-covered Sula islands protect the men. ’
notes and context
In the B recension text Friðþjófr and his men steer their ship to the islands called Sólundir (ModNorw. Sulen), seeking protection from the storm. This incident is not mentioned in the A redaction.
This stanza is not in the A text. Its general sense is paralleled in Friðþjófs rímur III, 7-8 (Frið 1893, 108). The metre is an irregular form of dróttkvætt, comprising four couplets and virtually no hendingar, except in l. 8, where aðalhending occurs. Earlier eds (Falk 1890, 72; Skj B; Skald) have attempted to regularise ll. 3 and 7, where long and short vowels in open syllables (e.g. ráða, l. 3, látum, l. 7) appear to have begun to be confused. Finnur Jónsson (followed by Skald) also deletes all mss’ initial því ‘that’ in l. 3 to regularise the metre.
readings
- [4] færiz: so ÍB65ˣ, færir papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
- [7] Sólundir: so 173ˣ, ‘sal vnder’ all others
- [8] svell‑: ‘sioll‑’ 109a IIˣ, ‘sverll‑’ 1006ˣ, ‘sverl‑’ 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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Holm papp 17 4°x (papp17x) — 358v/14 - 358v/17
imagesMjök tekr sjór at svella;
svá er nú drepit skýjum;
því ráða galdrar gamlir,
er gjálfr ór stað færir.
Ei skal ek við ægi
í ofviðri berjaz;
látum Sólundir seggjum
svellvífaðar hlífa.miꝍg tekur sior ad | suella· so er nu drepid skyum. þui ʀada galldrar gamler, er gialfur vr stad færer | eij skal eg vid æge, j ofvidri beriast Latum sal vnder seggium, suellvijfadar | hlyfa,
(JG)
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AM 109 a II 8°x (109a IIx) — 146v - 146v
Mjök tekr sjór at svella;
images
svá er nú drepit skýjum;
því ráða galdrar gamlir,
er gjálfr ór stað færir.
Ei skal ek við ægi
í ofviðri berjaz;
látum Sólundir seggjum
†sioll-†vífaðar hlífa. -
GKS 1006 folx (1006x) — 582/19 - 582/22
imagesMjök tekr sjór at svella;
svá er nú drepit skýjum;
því ráða galdrar gamlir,
er gjálfr ór stað færir.
Ei skal ek við ægi
í ofviðri berjaz;
látum Sólundir seggjum
†sverll-†vífaðar hlífa.Miog tekur | Siör at svella suo er nu drepit skyum. þui räda galldrar gamler | er gialfur ur stad færer, ei skal ec vid ægi j ofvidri beriast | latum sal under seggium sverllvifadar hlýfa.
(JG)
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AM 173 folx (173x) — 84r/7 - 84r/14
Mjök tekr sjór at svella;
images
svá er nú drepit skýjum;
því ráða galdrar gamlir,
er gjálfr ór stað færir.
Ei skal ek við ægi
í ofviðri berjaz;
látum Sólundir seggjum
†sverl-†vífaðar hlífa. -
ÍB 65 4°x (ÍB65x) — 47r - 47r
Mjök tekr sjór at svella;
images
svá er nú drepit skýjum;
því ráða galdrar gamlir,
er gjálfr ór stað færiz.
Ei skal ek við ægi
í ofviðri berjaz;
látum Sólundir seggjum
svellvífaðar hlífa.
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