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Herv Lv 17VIII (Heiðr 42)

Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 42 (Hervǫr, Lausavísur 17)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 402.

HervǫrLausavísur
161718

Vel gerðir þú,         víkinga niðr,
er þú seldir mér         sverð ór haugi.
Betr þykkjumz nú,         buðlungr, hafa,
en ek Nóregi         næðak öllum.

Þú gerðir vel, niðr víkinga, er þú seldir mér sverð ór haugi. Þykkjumz hafa betr nú, buðlungr, en ek næðak öllum Nóregi.

You did well, son of vikings, when you gave me the sword from the mound. I feel better now, prince, than if I were to obtain all Norway.

Mss: Hb(74r), 2845(65v), R715ˣ(14r) (Heiðr)

Editions: Skj AII, 248, Skj BII, 268, Skald II, 140; Heiðr 1672, 94, FSN 1, 440, 522, Heiðr 1873, 220, 320-1, Heiðr 1924, 30-1, 111-12, FSGJ 2, 20-21, Heiðr 1960, 18; Edd. Min. 19.

Context: R715ˣ has a prose interjection before this stanza: Þá var sverð í hendi Hervarar ‘Then the sword was in Hervǫr’s hand’.

Notes: [3-4]: Echoes ll. 5-6 of the previous stanza.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. FSN = Rafn, Carl Christian, ed. 1829-30. Fornaldar sögur nordrlanda. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
  3. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
  4. Heiðr 1672 = Verelius, Olaus, ed. 1672. Hervarar Saga på Gammel Gotska. Uppsala: Curio.
  5. FSGJ = Guðni Jónsson, ed. 1954. Fornaldar sögur norðurlanda. 4 vols. [Reykjavík]: Íslendingasagnaútgáfan.
  6. Heiðr 1924 = Jón Helgason, ed. 1924. Heiðreks saga. Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks konungs. SUGNL 48. Copenhagen: Jørgensen.
  7. 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.
  8. Heiðr 1873 = Bugge, Sophus, ed. 1873. Hervarar saga ok Heidreks. Det Norske oldskriftselskabs samlinger 17. Christiania (Oslo): Brøgger.
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