Herv Lv 19VIII (Heiðr 47)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 47 (Hervǫr, Lausavísur 19)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 406.
Búi þér allir — brótt fýsir mik —
heilir í haugi; heðan vil ek skjótla.
Helzt þóttumz nú heima í millim,
er mik umhverfis eldar brunnu.
Búi þér allir heilir í haugi; fýsir mik brótt; ek vil heðan skjótla. Þóttumz nú helzt í millim heima, er eldar brunnu umhverfis mik.
Dwell, all of you, safe in the mound; I long to be away; I wish to go from here quickly. I thought myself now most of all to be between worlds, where fires burned all around me.
Mss: Hb(74v), R715ˣ(14v) (Heiðr)
Readings: [2] fýsir: mun R715ˣ; mik: ek skjótla R715ˣ [4] vil ek: fýsir mik R715ˣ; skjótla: om. R715ˣ [5] nú: ek R715ˣ [6] millim: milli R715ˣ [7] umhverfis: ‘vmheerfis’ R715ˣ
Editions: Skj AII, 250, Skj BII, 269-70, Skald II, 140; Heiðr 1672, 95, FSN 1, 442, 522, Heiðr 1873, 222, Heiðr 1924, 33, 113, FSGJ 2, 22, Heiðr 1960, 19; Edd. Min. 20.
Notes: [5-8]: Hervǫr finally admits she is disturbed by the supernatural fires, despite her earlier words to the contrary in Heiðr 23/1-4, 33/1-4 and 40/5-8.
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.
- Internal references
- Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 70 (Gestumblindi, Heiðreks gátur 23)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 436.
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