Ormarr Lv 2VIII (Heiðr 103)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 103 (Ormarr, Lausavísur 2)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 475.
text and translation
Sunnan em ek kominn at segja spjöll þessi:
sviðin er öll Myrkviðar heiðr,
drifin öll Gotþjóð gumna blóði.
Ek em kominn sunnan at segja þessi spjöll: öll heiðr Myrkviðar er sviðin, öll Gotþjóð drifin blóði gumna.
‘I have come from the south to relate these words: all Myrkviðr’s heath is scorched, all the land of the Goths sprayed with the blood of men. ’
notes and context
The Goths and Huns meet in battle. Eventually Hervǫr, the leader of the Goths, is killed, whereupon Ormarr and the rest of the troop flee. The Huns harry widely in the land of the Goths. Ormarr rides to Angantýr and speaks this stanza.
[3-4]: To restore alliteration Skj B, Skald, Heiðr 1960 and Edd. Min. all add in mæra ‘the renowned’ after öll, Edd. Min. placing öll in square brackets. There is no ms. support for this emendation here, but cf. Heiðr 94/1-2 hrís þat it mæra, | er Myrkviðr heitir ‘that renowned forest, which is called Myrkviðr’ (and see Note there). ÍF Edd. takes Sviðin er ǫll Myrkheiðr (see following Note) to be l. 3, assuming another l. 4 to be lost.
readings
- [2] segja: segir R715ˣ
- [4] ‑viðar: viðar corrected from ‑heiðar above the line in another hand 203ˣ, om. R715ˣ
- [4] heiðr: so R715ˣ, heiði 203ˣ
- [5] drifin: drjúgum er R715ˣ
- [6] gumna: gunna 203ˣ, 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) — 111r/30 - 111v/2
imagesSunnan em ek kominn
at segja spjöll þessi:
sviðin er öll
Myrkviðar heiði,
drifin öll Gotþjóð
gunna blóði.Sunnann em eg kominn || ad seigia spioll þesse suidinn er oll myrkheidar heide dryf | inn oll Godþiod Gunna blode
(HB)
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UppsUB R 715x (R715x) — 34r/4 - 34r/6
imagesSunnan em ek kominn
at segir spjöll þessi:
sviðin er öll
Myrk heiðr,
drjúgum er öll Gotþjóð
gunna blóði.su | nnann em eg kominn ad seigir spioll þessi | suidenn er oll mirk heidur driugum | er oll god þiod gunna blodj
(HB)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], E. 5. Vers af Fornaldarsagaer: Af Hervararsaga VII 2: AII, 254, BII, 273-4, Skald II, 143; Heiðr 1672, 172, FSN 1, 499, Heiðr 1873, 279, Heiðr 1924, 149, Heiðr 1960, 53 (Heiðr); Edd. Min. 7, NK 307, ÍF Edd. II, 425.
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