Hundk Lv 2VIII (HjǪ 31)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 31 (Hundingi konungr, Lausavísur 2)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 523.
text and translation
Hverr er sá hoski, er hjálm ok gerð stýrir,
sterkr ok stórmannligr stendr þér á hlið aðra?
Glöggra máttu greina frá görpum þínum;
þá veit ek görr, hvar gestum skal skipa.
Hverr er sá hoski, er stýrir hjálm ok gerð, stendr sterkr ok stórmannligr á aðra hlið þér? Máttu greina glöggra frá görpum þínum; þá veit ek görr, hvar skal skipa gestum.
‘Who is that wise one, who possesses helmet and armour, stands strong and magnificent by your side? You must describe your men more clearly; then I will know better where the guests should be seated. ’
notes and context
Hundingi asks Hjálmþér to identify Ǫlvir using the formulaic excuse of determining appropriate seating arrangements.
There are considerable similarities between the following four stanzas of HjǪ (31-4) and Hjálmþérsrímur V, 26-30 (Finnur Jónsson 1905-22, II, 37). — [7]: The line is unmetrical and needs another, final syllable, which could be supplied by emending görr ‘better’ to gerla ‘completely, clearly’ (cf. HjǪ 39/10).
readings
- [1] sá: sá inn ÍBR5ˣ
- [2] hjálm: hjálmi ÍBR5ˣ
- [5] greina: so ÍBR5ˣ, greina mér 109a IIIˣ, papp6ˣ
- [6] görpum: gestum with first four letters overwritten 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) — 273v/18 - 273v/21
imagesHverr er sá hoski,
er hjálm ok gerð stýrir,
sterkr ok stórmannligr
stendr þér á hlið aðra?
Glöggra máttu greina mér
frá görpum þínum;
þá veit ek görr,
hvar gestum skal skipa.Hvor er sa hoske er hialm og | giord styrir sterckr og stormanlegvr stendr þier a hlid | adra gloggra mattv greyna mier fra gaurpvmm | þynum þa ueit ec gior huar gestum skal skipa
(RH)
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Holm papp 6 4°x (papp6x) — 53v - 53v
Hverr er sá hoski,
images
er hjálm ok gerð stýrir,
sterkr ok stórmannligr
stendr þér á hlið aðra?
Glöggra máttu greina mér
frá gestum þínum;
þá veit ek görr,
hvar gestum skal skipa. -
ÍBR 5 folx (ÍBR5x) — 95 - 95
Hverr er sá inn hoski,
images
er hjálmi ok gerð stýrir,
sterkr ok stórmannligr
stendr þér á hlið aðra?
Glöggra máttu greina
frá görpum þínum;
þá veit ek görr,
hvar gestum skal skipa.
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