Innsteinn Innkv 13VIII (Hálf 33)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 33 (Innsteinn Gunnlaðarson, Innsteinskviða 13)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 330.
Snúiz snarliga snyrtidrengir
út ór eldi með auðbrota.
Enginn er ýta, sá er æ lifir;
mun ekki baugbroti við bana kvíða.
Snyrtidrengir snúiz snarliga út ór eldi með {auðbrota}. Er enginn ýta, sá er lifir æ; {baugbroti} mun ekki kvíða við bana.
May the gallant warriors turn quickly out of the fire with {the treasure-breaker} [GENEROUS RULER = Hálfr]. There is no man who lives forever; {the ring-breaker} [GENEROUS RULER = Hálfr] will not be apprehensive of death.
Mss: 2845(36v) (Hálf)
Editions: Skj AII, 262, Skj BII, 282-3, Skald II, 148; Hálf 1864, 24, Hálf 1909, 109, FSGJ 2, 116, Hálf 1981, 124, 184; Edd. Min. 37.
Notes: [All]: The kennings auðbroti ‘the treasure-breaker’ (l. 4) and baugbroti ‘the ring-breaker’ (l. 7) are of a common type denoting a generous ruler; see Meissner 326-7. Both the compounds auðbroti and snyrtidrengir ‘the gallant warriors’ (l. 2) occur in the late C12th or early C13th Bjbp Jóms 10/5I and 39/2I respectively, describing the gallant behaviour of the Jómsvíkingar. The cpd snyrtidrengr also occurs at GunnLeif Merl II 36/4 and Ǫrv 99/7.
References
- Bibliography
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Meissner = Meissner, Rudolf. 1921. Die Kenningar der Skalden: Ein Beitrag zur skaldischen Poetik. Rheinische Beiträge und Hülfsbücher zur germanischen Philologie und Volkskunde 1. Bonn and Leipzig: Schroeder. Rpt. 1984. Hildesheim etc.: Olms.
- FSGJ = Guðni Jónsson, ed. 1954. Fornaldar sögur norðurlanda. 4 vols. [Reykjavík]: Íslendingasagnaútgáfan.
- Edd. Min. = Heusler, Andreas and Wilhelm Ranisch, eds. 1903. Eddica Minora: Dichtungen eddischer Art aus den Fornaldarsögur und anderen Prosawerken. Dortmund: Ruhfus. Rpt. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.
- Hálf 1981 = Seelow, Hubert, ed. 1981. Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka. RSÁM 20. Reykjavík: Stofnun Árna Magnússonar.
- Hálf 1864 = Bugge, Sophus, ed. 1864. Saga af Hálfi ok Hálfsrekkum. Norrøne Skrifter af sagnhistorisk Indhold 1. Christiania (Oslo): Det Nordiske Oldskriftselskab.
- Hálf 1909 = Andrews, A. Le Roy, ed. 1909. Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka. ASB 14. Halle: Niemeyer.
- Internal references
- Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 10’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 967.
- Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 99 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 29)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 910.
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