Gríml Lv 5VIII (GrL 7)
Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2017, ‘Gríms saga loðinkinna 7 (Grímr loðinkinni, Lausavísur 5)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 297.
text and translation
Fyrst mun ek líkja eptir feðr mínum;
skal eigi mín dóttir, nema skör höggviz,
nauðig gefin neinum manni
guðvefs þella, meðan Grímr lifir.
Fyrst ek mun líkja eptir feðr mínum; dóttir mín, {þella guðvefs}, skal eigi gefin neinum manni nauðig, meðan Grímr lifir, nema skör höggviz.
‘First I will follow the example of my father; my daughter, the fir-tree of costly fabric [WOMAN], shall not be given in marriage to any man against her will while Grímr is [I am] alive, unless my head is hewn off.’
notes and context
Four mss preserve this stanza in a form which is unequivocally complete: 343a, 471, 340ˣ and 109a Iˣ. It is not clear whether the readings from other mss are to be regarded as poetry or prose because ll. 4 and 6 are omitted and the remainder are highly irregular metrically.
readings
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 343 a 4° (343a) — 59v/7 - 59v/8
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AM 471 4° (471) — 60r - 60r
Fyrst mun ek líkja
eptir föður mínum;
skal eigi mín dóttir,
nema skör höggviz,
nauðig gefin
neinum manni
guðvefs þella,
meðan Grímr lifir. -
AM 173 folx (173x) — 15v/25 - 15v/27
imagesfyrst mun ec leika eptir foðr | minom skal min dottir ei nꜹðig gefaz a | meðann Grimr lifir,
(VEÞ)
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AM 340 4°x (340x) — 34/7 - 34/9
imagesfyrst mun eg lykia epter fedur mýnum , skal eý mýna | dottur nema skör hógguist , naudug gefinn neynum manne | Gudueffz þella medan Grýmur lýffer,
(VEÞ)
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AM 342 4°x (342x) — 77r/13 - 77r/14
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AM 109 a I 8°x (109a Ix) — 82v/4 - 82v/7
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AM 109 a II 8°x (109a IIx) — 166r/16 - 166r/17
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