Humli Lv 3VIII (Heiðr 115)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 115 (Humli konungr, Lausavísur 3)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 484.
text and translation
Eigi skulum árum spilla,
þeim er fara einir saman.
Skulum eigi spilla árum, þeim er fara einir saman.
‘We must not harm messengers, those who travel alone. ’
notes and context
The text is introduced (Heiðr 1960, 56): Humli konungr sagði ‘King Humli said’.
Heiðr 1960 and Edd. Min. present this text as prose. If regarded as a long-line, the text does display vocalic alliteration. Skj B and Skald (cf. NN §3187) make conjectural emendations in ll. 3-4 to restore alliteration.
readings
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) — 112r/2 - 112r/3
imagesEigi skulumm ar | umm spilla þeim er fara einir samann
(HB)
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UppsUB R 715x (R715x) — 35r/4 - 35r/6
imagesEigi skulu
árum spilla,
þeim er fara
einn saman.eigi | skulu arwmm spilla þeim er fara | einn samann
(HB)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], E. 5. Vers af Fornaldarsagaer: Af Hervararsaga VII 13: AII, 255-6, BII, 275, Skald II, 144, NN §3187; FSN 1, 502, Heiðr 1873, 284, Heiðr 1924, 153, FSGJ 2, 65, Heiðr 1960, 56 (Heiðr); Edd. Min. 11, NK 310, ÍF Edd. II, 428.
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