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Angantýr Lv 3VIII (Heiðr 32)

Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 32 (Angantýr Arngrímsson, Lausavísur 3)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 393.

Angantýr ArngrímssonLausavísur
234

text and translation

Hnigin er helgrind,         haugar opnaz,
allr er í eldi         eybarmr at sjá.
Atalt er úti         um at lítaz;
skyntu, mær, ef þú mátt,         til skipa þinna.

Helgrind er hnigin, haugar opnaz, allr eybarmr er at sjá í eldi. Úti er atalt at lítaz um; skyntu, mær, ef þú mátt, til skipa þinna.
 
‘Hel’s gate is fallen, mounds open, one can see the whole island-edge on fire. Outside it is terrible to look around; hurry, girl, if you can, to your ships.

notes and context

A prose interjection in Hb and 2845, though differently worded in each, relates that the mound opens and fire burns all around.

See Heiðr 29, Note to [All]. — [2]: Identical to Heiðr 22/6 (and see Note). Both stanzas mention supernatural fires and warn Hervǫr to hurry away. 

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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. 5. Vers af Fornaldarsagaer: Af Hervararsaga III 8: AII, 246-7, BII, 266, Skald II, 138-9; FSN 1, 437, 520, Heiðr 1873, 217, 318, Heiðr 1924, 25-6, FSGJ 2, 17-18, Heiðr 1960, 16; Edd. Min. 17.

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