Skinnhúfa Lv 1VIII (HjǪ 45)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 45 (Skinnhúfa/Hildisif, Lausavísa 1)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 537.
text and translation
Sax hefir þú, Ölvir, slík eru vápn færi,
bana veitti Bendli, barstu þat ór helli.
Brá ek hilmis sonum í hana líki;
forðaðak ykru fjörvi; fegri em ek nú hóti.
Þú hefir sax, Ölvir, færi vápn eru slík, veitti Bendli bana, barstu þat ór helli. Ek brá sonum hilmis í líki hana; forðaðak fjörvi ykru; ek em nú hóti fegri.
‘You have a sword, Ǫlvir, there are few weapons like it, it gave death to Bendill <giant>, you bore it out of a cave. I changed the sons of a king into the bodies of roosters; I saved your lives; now I am a little more beautiful. ’
notes and context
A young woman, who turns out to be Hildisif Ptólómeusdóttir, reminds Ǫlvir of the episode when, as Skinnhúfa, she helped him obtain her giant captor’s sword, the only weapon that could kill him. She thus makes clear her former, enchanted, identity to him and to the saga audience.
readings
- [3] veitti: so papp6ˣ, veittir 109a IIIˣ, ÍBR5ˣ
- [3] Bendli: so papp6ˣ, ‘bedu’ 109a IIIˣ, ‘belu’ ÍBR5ˣ
- [4] barstu: so ÍBR5ˣ, bartu 109a IIIˣ, barst papp6ˣ
- [4] helli: hellir papp6ˣ
- [7] forðaðak: forðaði papp6ˣ
- [7] ykru: ykkr 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) — 281r/3 - 281r/6
imagesSax hefir þú, Ölvir,
slík eru vápn færi,
bana veittir †bedu†,
bartu þat ór helli.
Brá ek hilmis sonum
í hana líki;
forðaðak ykru fjörvi;
fegri em ek nú hóti.Sax hefr þu Olvir | slyk eru vopn færre Bana veittir Bedu Bartv | þat vr helle Bra ec hilmirz sonum j hana lyke | fordadec yckrv fiorfe fegri er eg nu hoti
(RH)
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Holm papp 6 4°x (papp6x) — 59v - 59v
Sax hefir þú, Ölvir,
images
slík eru vápn færi,
bana veitti Bendli,
barst þat ór hellir.
Brá ek hilmis sonum
í hana líki;
forðaði ykkr fjörvi;
fegri em ek nú hóti. -
ÍBR 5 folx (ÍBR5x) — 104 - 104
Sax hefir þú, Ölvir,
images
slík eru vápn færi,
bana veittir †belu†,
barstu þat ór helli.
Brá ek hilmis sonum
í hana líki;
forðaðak ykru fjörvi;
fegri em ek nú hóti.
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