Innsteinn Innkv 7VIII (Hálf 26)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 26 (Innsteinn Gunnlaðarson, Innsteinskviða 7)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 325.
text and translation
Hlýði Hrókar í her konungs
orðum mínum, Útsteinn þriði.
Göngum allir upp frá ströndu;
kunnum ekki konungs mál um þat.
Hrókar hlýði orðum mínum í her konungs, Útsteinn þriði. Göngum allir upp frá ströndu; kunnum ekki mál konungs um þat.
‘May the Hrókar in the king’s host listen to my words, Útsteinn as the third one. Let us all go up from the shore; let us not hold the king’s words at fault for that. ’
notes and context
This stanza is introduced by the words: Innsteinn kvað ‘Innsteinn said’.
[1-4]: Innsteinn addresses the two Hrókar ‘Rooks’ (the brothers Hrókr inn svarti ‘Rook the Black’ and Hrókr inn hvíti ‘Rook the White’) and his own brother Útsteinn, referring to him as þriði ‘the third one’. As the reading ok her kóngr in 2845 would suggest that Innsteinn addresses four persons, eds emend l. 2 to ok herr konungs (Skj B; Skald) or í her konungs (Hálf 1909; FSGJ; Edd. Min.).
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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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GKS 2845 4° (2845) — 36r/17 - 36r/18
imagesHlýði Hrókar
ok her kóngr
orðum mínum,
Útsteinn þriði.
Göngum allir
upp frá ströndu;
kunnum ekki
konungs mál um þat.Hlydi hrokar ok her kongr ordum mínum vttsteinn þridi gaungum aller ǀ upp fra straundu kunnum ecki kongs mal um þat
(HS)
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