Innsteinn Innkv 6VIII (Hálf 24)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 24 (Innsteinn Gunnlaðarson, Innsteinskviða 6)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 323.
text and translation
Þat dreymði mik þriðja sinni,
at vér í kaf niðr komnir værim.
Eiga mun allstórt um at véla;
hvat kveðr þú, þengill, þann draum vita?
Þat dreymði mik þriðja sinni, at vér værim komnir niðr í kaf. Allstórt mun eiga um at véla; hvat kveðr þú, þengill, þann draum vita?
‘The third time I dreamed that we were deeply immersed in water. Something very great will have to be dealt with; what do you say, king, that dream means? ’
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This stanza is introduced by the words: Innsteinn kvað ‘Innsteinn said’.
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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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GKS 2845 4° (2845) — 36r/13 - 36r/14
imagesÞat dreymði mik
þriðja sinni,
at vér í kaf niðr
komnir værim.
Eiga mun allstórt
um at véla;
hvat kvað þú, þengill,
þann draum vita?Þat dreymdí mig þrídía síní at uæ̇r j kaf nídr kom ǀ ner uæ̋rum eiga mun allstort um at væ̋la huat kuad þu þeingill þann draum uíta
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