AngH Lv 4VIII (Heiðr 97)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 97 (Angantýr Heiðreksson, Lausavísur 4)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 469.
text and translation
Manni gef ek hverjum margt at þiggja,
annat æðra, en hann á ráði.
Mey gef ek hverjum manni at þiggja;
men spenni ek hverri meyju at hálsi.
Ek gef hverjum manni margt at þiggja, annat æðra, en hann ráði á. Ek gef hverjum manni mey at þiggja; ek spenni men at hálsi hverri meyju.
‘I will give much to every man to receive, other, better than he could acquire; I will give a girl to every man to receive, I will clasp a necklace around the neck of each girl. ’
notes and context
The stanza follows directly on from the previous one.
[7-8]: Ms. 203ˣ has the words men ‘necklace’ and meyju ‘girl’ reversed (which produces the same meaning), but R715ˣ’s garbled version suggests the order presented here, which has the additional advantages of being metrically better and supported by the pattern of the previous two lines. The emendation is also made by Skj B, Skald, FSGJ and Edd. Min.
readings
- [2] margt: margt margt R715ˣ
- [4] en: ‘eā’ R715ˣ
- [4] á ráði: so R715ˣ, ‘a nÿdi’ 203ˣ
- [5] gef: so R715ˣ
- [6] manni: ‘mani’ corrected from margt (struck through) in the margin in another hand R715ˣ
- [7] men: meyju 203ˣ, ‘mæn’ or ‘mæu’ R715ˣ
- [7] hverri: om. R715ˣ
- [8] meyju: men 203ˣ, meiri 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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AM 203 folx (203x) — 110r/29 - 110v/2
imagesManni gef ek hverjum
margt at þiggja,
annat æðra,
en hann †a nÿdi† .
Mey gef ek hverjum
manni at þiggja;
meyju spenni ek hverri
men at hálsi.manne gef ec quorium margtt || margtt ad þggia annad ædra enn hann a ndi me gief ec hvorium | manne ad þiggia meyu spenne eg hverre men ad hlse
(HB)
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UppsUB R 715x (R715x) — 32r/8 - 32r/11
imagesManni gef ek hverjum
margt margt at þiggja,
annat æðra,
†eā† hann á ráði.
Mey gef ek hverjum
†mani† at þiggja;
†mæn† spenni ek
meiri at hálsi.manne gef ec huor | ium margt ad þiggia annad ædra eā hann | a̋ra̋di me gef ek huorium mani ad þiggia | mæu spenni ec meiri ad halsi
(HB)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], E. 5. Vers af Fornaldarsagaer: Af Hervararsaga V 12: AII, 252-3, BII, 272, Skald II, 142, FSN 1, 494, FF §18; Heiðr 1672, 163, Heiðr 1873, 272, Heiðr 1924, 145, FSGJ 2, 57, Heiðr 1960, 50 (Heiðr); Edd. Min. 5, NK 305, ÍF Edd. II, 423.
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