Hástigi, Lausavísa 1

Richard L. Harris

Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Hástigi Lv 1^VIII (HjǪ 39)

Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 39 (Hástigi, Lausavísa 1)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 530.

Hástigi Lausavísa 1

Hefir ‘have’

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hafa (verb): have

þú ‘You’

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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you

[1] þú: so papp6ˣ, ÍBR5ˣ, þú sagði hann 109a IIIˣ

[3] eigi: so papp6ˣ, ÍBR5ˣ, ei 109a IIIˣ

boðit ‘ordered’

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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite

upp ‘up’

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upp (adv.): up

at ‘to’

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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)

standa ‘get’

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standa (verb): stand

feigð ‘fate’

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feigð (noun f.): death

[5] feigð: so ÍBR5ˣ, enn feigð 109a IIIˣ, enn feigð with fyrir ókunnum added above the line in another hand papp6ˣ

mun ‘will’

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munu (verb): will, must

vándslig ‘bad’

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vándsligr (adj.)

[5] vándslig: so papp6ˣ, ÍBR5ˣ, ‘vondlig’ 109a IIIˣ

vísa ‘the ruler’

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vísi (noun m.; °-a): leader

[6] vísa: vísir 109a IIIˣ, papp6ˣ, fylki ÍBR5ˣ

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[6] vísa ‘the ruler’: Both 109a IIIˣ and papp6ˣ have vísir (nom. sg.), which requires emendation to vísa (dat. sg.) after granda ‘harm, injure’. ÍBR5ˣ has fylki ‘the ruler’ (dat. sg.) and this reading is possibly preferable to the other mss’, as it is in the right case and alliterates on <f> with feigð (l.5).

granda ‘harm’

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granda (verb): harm, injure

Hanga ‘hang’

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1. hanga (verb): hang

skyldu ‘should’

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skulu (verb): shall, should, must

hinir ‘Those’

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2. inn (art.): the

við ‘from’

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2. við (prep.): with, against

[8] við: á ÍBR5ˣ

inn ‘the’

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2. inn (art.): the

hæsta ‘highest’

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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high

[8] hæsta: so papp6ˣ, ‘hasta’ 109a IIIˣ, ‘hædsta’ ÍBR5ˣ

gálga ‘gallows’

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galgi (noun m.): gallows

þeir ‘they’

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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...

munu ‘will’

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munu (verb): will, must

þik ‘you’

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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you

svíkja ‘deceive’

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svíkja (verb): betray, deceive

þat ‘that’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

segi ‘prophesy’

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segja (verb): say, tell

ek ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

fyrir ‘’

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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of

gerla ‘clearly’

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gǫrla (adv.): quite, fully

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Hástigi objects to being moved for the guests, remarking that they look deceptive and Hundingi should have them killed.

This stanza is irregular in that it has ten rather than the eight lines normal for fornyrðislag. It is in a mixture of irregular fornyrðislag and málaháttr. Line 1, which is augmented in 109a IIIˣ by sagði hann ‘he said’, is too short, and previous eds have added and/or subtracted various words to fill out or reduce this and the following two or three lines, Skj B opting for Hefr þú fyrr mér eigi | boðit upp at standa ‘you have not previously ordered me to stand up’. Skald has the variation Bauzt fyrr mér eigi | upp at standa ‘You did not order me to stand up previously’ (cf. NN §3299). FSGJ adds fylkir ‘prince’ to l. 1, while FSN, following HjǪ 1720, runs ll. 1 and 2 together and adds papp6ˣ’s additional text as l. 4: Hefir þú fyrr úr sæti | mér eigi boðit | upp at standa | fyrir ókunnum ‘You have not previously ordered me from my seat to stand up before unknown men’.

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Hástigi Lv 1VIII (HjǪ 39)