Hjþ Lv 5VIII (HjǪ 11)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 11 (Hjálmþér Ingason, Lausavísur 5)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 503.
introduction
In the passage of the saga (Ch. 12 in FSGJ) where these stanzas are located, Hjálmþér, Ǫlvir and Hǫrðr meet and contend with a number of sea-ogresses. Later Hǫrðr obtains several items from their cave that prove useful during the heroes’ subsequent confrontation at the court of King Hundingi in their quest for his daughter Hervǫr.
text and translation
Hvert er þat bákn, er í bjargi sitr
ok sér of konungs …?
Enga veit ek þér ámátligri
alna fyrir jörð ofan.
Hvert bákn er þat, er sitr í bjargi ok sér of … konungs? Ek veit enga alna ámátligri þér fyrir ofan jörð.
‘Who is that monster who sits on the rock and looks down on the king’s …? I know no female born more loathsome than you on the face of the earth. ’
notes and context
Noticing a huge sea-ogress, Ýma, standing in the middle of a high mountain, Hjálmþér asks her name challengingly.
readings
- [1] er: om. papp6ˣ
- [1] bákn: barn ÍBR5ˣ
- [3] of: so ÍBR5ˣ, af 109a IIIˣ, papp6ˣ
- [3] konungs: konung ÍBR5ˣ
- [3] …: all
- [4] þér: om. papp6ˣ
- [6] alna: alda all
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 109 a III 8°x (109a IIIx) — 269v/13 - 269v/15
imagesHvert er þat bákn,
er í bjargi sitr
ok sér af konungs ?
Enga veit ek þér
ámátligri
alda fyrir jörð ofan.huort er þat Bacn er j Biarge sitvr | og sier af konungs ongua veit eg þier ama | tlegre alda fyri jord ofan
(RH)
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Holm papp 6 4°x (papp6x) — 50r - 50r
Hvert þat bákn,
images
er í bjargi sitr
ok sér af konungs ?
Enga veit ek
ámátligri
alda fyrir jörð ofan. -
ÍBR 5 folx (ÍBR5x) — 90 - 90
Hvert er þat barn,
images
er í bjargi sitr
ok sér of konung ?
Enga veit ek þér
ámátligri
alda fyrir jörð ofan.
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