Innsteinn Innkv 10VIII (Hálf 30)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 30 (Innsteinn Gunnlaðarson, Innsteinskviða 10)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 328.
text and translation
Hins fýsi ek nú, at Hálfr vaki,
er ekki af eklu eldar kynd*ir.
Áttu, menbrjótr, mági þínum
grimmlunduðum gjafir at launa.
Nú fýsi ek hins, at Hálfr vaki, eldar er ekki kynd*ir af eklu. Áttu, {menbrjótr}, at launa grimmlunduðum mági þínum gjafir.
‘Now I advise that Hálfr should wake up, the fires are not lit scantily. You, necklace-breaker [GENEROUS RULER], have to reward your cruel-minded kinsman for his gifts. ’
notes and context
On the discrepancy between this stanza and the prose text, see Hálf 29, Note to [All]. — [5-8]: This helmingr is bitterly ironic in view of Hálfr’s protestations in part 1 of Innkv that Ásmundr, his cruel-minded kinsman, was acting generously and peacefully in inviting him and the Hálfsrekkar to a feast.
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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) — 36v/9 - 36v/10
imagesHins fýsi ek nú,
at Hálfr vaki,
er ekki af eklu
eldar kyndnir.
Áttu, menbrjótr,
mági þínum
grimmlunduðum
gjafir at launa.híns fysi eg nu at halfr uaki er ecki af eklu elldar kyndner ǀ attu menbríotur magí þinum grímlundudum giafer at launa
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