Herv Lv 2VIII (Heiðr 15)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 15 (Hervǫr, Lausavísur 2)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 374.
Nú fýsir mik, fóstri, at vitja
framgenginna frænda minna.
Auð mundu þeir eiga nógan;
þann skal ek öðlaz, nema ek áðr förumz.
Nú fýsir mik, fóstri, at vitja framgenginna frænda minna. Þeir mundu eiga nógan auð; ek skal öðlaz þann, nema ek förumz áðr.
Now I am eager, foster-father, to visit my deceased kinsmen. They must own abundant wealth; I shall inherit it, unless I die first.
Mss: 2845(64v), R715ˣ(11v) (Heiðr)
Readings: [2] fóstri: ‘ad fostri’ R715ˣ [7] ek: í corrected from ‘ek’ in the margin the hand of JR R715ˣ [8] áðr: áðra R715ˣ; förumz: forkomi R715ˣ
Editions: Skj AII, 243, Skj BII, 262-3, Skald II, 136; Heiðr 1672, 86, FSN 1, 431, Heiðr 1873, 312-13, Heiðr 1924, 16, 103, FSGJ 2, 12, Heiðr 1960, 11; Edd. Min. 88.
Context: The stanza is introduced by Hon kvað ‘She said’.
Notes:
References
- Bibliography
- FSN = Rafn, Carl Christian, ed. 1829-30. Fornaldar sögur nordrlanda. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Heiðr 1672 = Verelius, Olaus, ed. 1672. Hervarar Saga på Gammel Gotska. Uppsala: Curio.
- FSGJ = Guðni Jónsson, ed. 1954. Fornaldar sögur norðurlanda. 4 vols. [Reykjavík]: Íslendingasagnaútgáfan.
- Heiðr 1924 = Jón Helgason, ed. 1924. Heiðreks saga. Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks konungs. SUGNL 48. Copenhagen: Jørgensen.
- Heiðr 1960 = Tolkien, Christopher, ed. and trans. 1960. Saga Heiðreks konungs ins vitra / The Saga of King Heidrek the Wise. Nelson Icelandic Texts. London etc.: Nelson.
- Heiðr 1873 = Bugge, Sophus, ed. 1873. Hervarar saga ok Heidreks. Det Norske oldskriftselskabs samlinger 17. Christiania (Oslo): Brøgger.
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