Anon (Heiðr) 10VIII (Heiðr 91)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 91 (Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 10)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 461.
text and translation
Hér er Hlöðr kominn, Heiðreks arfi,
bróðir þinn inn böðskái.
Mikill er sá maðr ungr á mars baki;
vill nú, þjóðann, við þik tala.
Hlöðr er kominn hér, arfi Heiðreks, inn böðskái bróðir þinn. Sá ungr maðr er mikill á mars baki; vill nú, þjóðann, tala við þik.
‘Hlǫðr has come here, Heiðrekr’s heir, your brother, the battle-ready. That young man is mighty on horseback; he wishes now, prince, to talk with you. ’
notes and context
The prose text of the saga explains that the man goes in to the king’s table and greets Angantýr with this stanza.
[6]: Similar wording occurs in Grí 17/5, Skí 15/2, Hamð 14/4 and Eyv Hák 11/3I.
readings
- [2] Heiðreks: so R715ˣ, ‘Heidrr’ 2845
- [2] arfi: so R715ˣ, arfþegi 2845
- [4] inn: om. R715ˣ
- [4] böðskái: so R715ˣ, ‘bedskāi’ 2845
- [5] maðr ungr: mögr R715ˣ
- [7] nú: sá R715ˣ
- [7] þjóðann: þundr R715ˣ
- [8] tala: mæla R715ˣ
sources
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.
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GKS 2845 4° (2845) — 73v/6 - 73v/8
imagesHér er Hlöðr kominn,
†Heidrr† arfþegi,
bróðir þinn
inn †bedskāi†.
Mikill er sá maðr ungr
á mars baki;
vill nú, þjóðann,
við þik tala.her | er hlꜹdr komiɴ heidʀeks arfþegi broþur þiɴ eɴ bedskami mikill er sa madr ungr | a mars baki vill nu þioþaɴ uid þik tala
(HB)
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AM 203 folx (203x) — 110r/5 - 110r/7
imageshier er hlǫdur koinn heidreks arffeþægi | Brődur þinn enn Bedskami⸝ mikill er sa madur miók⸝ a mars baki | Will nu þiődans vid þig tala
(HB)
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UppsUB R 715x (R715x) — 31v/1 - 31v/4
imagesHér er Hlöðr kominn,
Heiðreks arfi,
bróðir þinn
böðskái.
Mikill er sá mögr
á mars baki;
vill sá, þundr,
við þik mæla.hier er hlaudur kominn hei | dreks arfi Brodur þinn baudskai miki | ll er sa mogur a mars baki vill sa | þundur vid þig mæla
(HB)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], E. 5. Vers af Fornaldarsagaer: Af Hervararsaga V 5: AII, 251, BII, 271, Skald II, 141; Heiðr 1672, 161, FSN 1, 492, Heiðr 1873, 267, FSGJ 2, 54, Heiðr 1924, 87, 142, Heiðr 1960, 48 (Heiðr); Edd. Min. 2, NK 303, ÍF Edd. II, 419, 421.
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