Ýma Lv 2VIII (HjǪ 14)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 14 (Ýma trǫllkona, Lausavísur 2)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 506.
text and translation
Víst gleðr mik eitt, þótt vitir eigi,
jöfurr inn ógndjarfi, hvat um er at vera.
Munu systr mínar at nái gera
út á herskipum alla menn þína.
Víst gleðr mik eitt, inn ógndjarfi jöfurr, þótt vitir eigi, hvat um er at vera. Systr mínar munu gera alla menn þína at nái út á herskipum.
‘One thing certainly gladdens me, terror-bold prince, though you do not know how things stand. My sisters will turn all your men into corpses out on the warships. ’
notes and context
Ýma, whose hand has just been cut off by Hjálmþér, rejoices that her nine sisters will kill all his men in vengeance, first tearing their ships apart with their ferocious beaks and claws.
Cf. Hjálmþérsrímur IV, 8 (Finnur Jónsson 1905-22, II, 28).
readings
- [2] þótt: so ÍBR5ˣ, þótt þú 109a IIIˣ, þó þú papp6ˣ
- [5] Munu: munn papp6ˣ
- [6] nái: so ÍBR5ˣ, ná 109a IIIˣ, papp6ˣ
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) — 270r/9 - 270r/12
imagesVíst gleðr mik eitt,
þótt þú vitir eigi,
jöfurr inn ógndjarfi,
hvat um er at vera.
Munu systr mínar
at ná gera
út á herskipum
alla menn þína.wyst gledr | mig eitt þott þu vitir eige jofur hinn ogn | diarfe huad vmm er ad vera munu systr mynar | ad na giora vt a herskipum alla menn þyna
(RH)
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Holm papp 6 4°x (papp6x) — 50v - 50v
Víst gleðr mik eitt,
images
þó þú vitir eigi,
jöfurr inn ógndjarfi,
hvat um er at vera.
munn systr mínar
at ná gera
út á herskipum
alla menn þína. -
ÍBR 5 folx (ÍBR5x) — 91 - 91
Víst gleðr mik eitt,
images
þótt vitir eigi,
jöfurr inn ógndjarfi,
hvat um er at vera.
Munu systr mínar
at nái gera
út á herskipum
alla menn þína.
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