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Hróksv Hrkv 23VIII (Hálf 73)

Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 73 (Hrókr inn svarti, Hrókskviða 23)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 361.

Hrókr inn svartiHrókskviða
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text and translation

Þá mun reyna         ok raun gefa,
ef vit Sveinn komum         saman í rómu,
hvárir í vígi         verða hæfri,
Hámundar burr         eða Haka þegnar.

Þá mun reyna ok raun gefa, ef vit Sveinn komum saman í rómu, hvárir verða hæfri í vígi, {Hámundar burr} eða þegnar Haka.
 
‘Then it will be experienced and put to the test, if Sveinn and I clash in battle, who will prove to be more courageous in fighting, the son of Hámundr [= Hrókr inn svarti] or Haki’s men.

notes and context

According to the prose text (Hálf 1981, ch. 10, 190), King Sveinn inn sigrsæli ‘the Victorious’ asked King Haki for the hand of his daughter Brynhildr, but Haki refused him. Sveinn then swore an oath that he would kill both the man who married Brynhildr and her father as well. Heðinn, a jarl of King Haki, then put himself forward as a suitor, together with his son Vifill. Haki promised Brynhildr to Vifill on condition that he defended the country against Sveinn.

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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.

editions and texts

Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], E. 6. Vers af Fornaldarsagaer: Af Hálfssaga IX 23: AII, 268, BII, 291, Skald II, 153; Hálf 1864, 38, Hálf 1909, 129, FSGJ 2, 130-1, Hálf 1981, 196; Edd. Min. 48.

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