AngH Lv 5VIII (Heiðr 98)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 98 (Angantýr Heiðreksson, Lausavísur 5)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 470.
text and translation
Mun ek um þik sitjanda silfri mæla,
en ganganda þik gulli steypa,
svát á vega alla velti baugar:
þriðjung Gotþjóðar, því skaltu einn ráða.
Ek mun mæla um þik sitjanda silfri, en steypa þik ganganda gulli, svát baugar velti á alla vega: þriðjung Gotþjóðar, því skaltu einn ráða.
‘I will measure you, sitting, with silver, and shower you, walking, in gold, so that rings roll in all directions: a third of the land of the Goths, that you alone shall rule. ’
notes and context
The stanza follows directly on from the previous one.
[1-6]: Cf. e.g Snegl (ÍF 9, 290-2), where King Haraldr Guðinason (Godwinson) offers to reward Halli for a poem by pouring silver on his head, telling him he can keep what sticks. Halli smears tar on his head and forms his hair into a bowl shape, thus gaining rather more reward than the king intended. See also examples listed under Fritzner: steypa 4 and, on the syntactic construction, cf. Þry 10. — [3-4]: Jón Helgason (1967, 229) observes that the idea of showering gold on a man who is walking along is an unlikely scenario and though he retains the ms. reading in his edition, in his notes proposes (in ModIcel.) en standanda þig / steypa gulli ‘and steep you, standing, in gold’. This is, of course, purely speculative. — [8]: Cf. Guðr II 26/5-6 (NK 228), where Grímhildr offers Guðrún various treasures as Atli’s bride: ein scaltu ráða | auði Buðla ‘you alone shall rule the wealth of Buðli’.
readings
- [2] mæla: ‘vila’ R715ˣ
- [3] ganganda: gangandi R715ˣ
- [5] vega: so R715ˣ, vegu 203ˣ
- [7] Gotþjóðar: Gotþjóða R715ˣ
- [8] einn: so R715ˣ,
einn203ˣ
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) — 110v/2 - 110v/5
imagesMun ek um þik sitjanda
silfri mæla,
en ganganda þik
gulli steypa,
svát á vegu alla
velti baugar:
þriðjung Gotþjóðar,
því skaltueinnráða.mun | eg vmm þig sitjanda silfri mæla enn gannganda þig gulle stepa | suo a vegu alla vellti baugar þridiung Godþjodar þui skalltu |
einnʀa̋da(HB)
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UppsUB R 715x (R715x) — 32r/11 - 32r/15
imagesMun ek um þik sitjanda
silfri †vila†,
en gangandi þik
gulli steypa,
svát á vega alla
velti baugar:
þriðjung Gotþjóða,
því skaltu einn ráða.mun ec | vmm þig sitianda silfri vila enn | gangandi þig gulli steipa so a vega alla | vellti baugar þridiung god þioda þui | skalltu einn rada
(HB)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], E. 5. Vers af Fornaldarsagaer: Af Hervararsaga V 13: AII, 253, BII, 272, Skald II, 142; Heiðr 1672, 163, FSN 1, 494-5, 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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