Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 20 (Margerðr, Lausavísa 1)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 513.
Illa leikr þú, Ölvir, eigi ertu hæfr vífum;
má eigi fang festa á fylki velbornum.
Eggjar eru eitrblandnar, æfr er döglingr,
oddar alblóðgir; ei munu vér sigraz.
Þú leikr illa, Ölvir, ertu eigi hæfr vífum; má eigi festa fang á velbornum fylki. Eggjar eru eitrblandnar, döglingr er æfr, oddar alblóðgir; munu vér ei sigraz.
‘You play foul, Ǫlvir, you are not fit for women; one cannot get a hold on the well-born prince. Sword-edges are poisoned, the ruler is violent, points [are] all bloody; we will not gain victory. ’
Hjálmþér and Ǫlvir come out of their tent to fight the women. The sea-ogress Margerðr, meeting stiff resistance when she attacks Ǫlvir, calls for retreat.
Compare Hjálmþérsrímur IV, 18-20 (Finnur Jónsson 1905-22, 29) with HjǪ 20-1.
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.
Illa leikr þú, Ölvir,
eigi ertu hæfr vífum;
má eigi fang festa
fylki velbornum.
Eggjar eru †[…]ytur†blandnar,
æfr er döglingr,
oddar eru blóðgir;
ekki munu vér sigraz.
Illa leijkr þu olvir ey ertu hæfr vyfum | ma eij fang festa fylke vel Bornum eggiar | eru […]ytur Blandnar æfr er doglyngr oddar | eru Blodgir ecki mvnu vær sigrast
(RH)
Illa leikr þú, Ölvir,
eigi ertu hæfr vífum;
má eigi fang festa
á fylkir velbornum.
Eggjar eru eitrblandnar,
æfr er döglingr,
oddar alblóðgir;
ei munu sigraz.
Illa leikr þú, Ölvir,
eigi ertu hæfr vífum;
má eigi fang festa
fylki velbornum.
Eggjar eru eitrblandnar,
æfr er döglingr,
oddar †alblodugier†;
ei munu vér sigraz.
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