Keth Lv 14VIII (Ket 22)
Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2017, ‘Ketils saga hœngs 22 (Ketill hœngr, Lausavísur 14)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 572.
text and translation
Ungr var ek heima, fór ek einn saman,
opt í útveri,
marga myrkviðu.
Hvatki ek fann á minni götu, hræddumz ek aldri
flagða forynjur.
Ungr var ek heima, ek fór opt einn saman í útveri, marga myrkviðu. Ek hræddumz aldri forynjur flagða, hvatki ek fann á götu minni.
‘When I was young at home, I often roamed alone in the outlying fishing grounds, through many dark forests. I never feared the warnings of ogresses, whatever I found on my path. ’
notes and context
Ketill’s answer (Ket 22-3) is introduced by the words: Ketill kvað ‘Ketill said’.
[1-2]: A close parallel is Hávm 47/1-2.
readings
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 343 a 4° (343a) — 56v/25 - 56v/27
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AM 471 4° (471) — 54r - 54r
Ungr var ek heima,
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fór ek einn saman,
opt í veri,
marga myrkviðu.
hvar ek fann á minni götu,
hræddumz ek aldri
flagða †friȯsun†. -
GKS 1006 folx (1006x) — 618 - 618
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AM 173 folx (173x) — 8v/24 - 8v/29
Ungr var ec | for einn saman | ut i utveri | marga mirgviða | hræddiz ec alldri | flagþa forynior |
(VEÞ)
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AM 109 a II 8°x (109a IIx) — 159v/28 - 160r/1
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AM 340 4°x (340x) — 16/27 - 17/3
imagesVngur var eg heýmannför eg || eirn samann , opt J vt uere , marga mýrkvída ,, | huatke eg fann ä minne gautu , hræddunst eg all | dre flagda forýniur.
(VEÞ)
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AM 342 4°x (342x) — 72r/16 - 72r/18
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AM 552 q 4°x (552qx) — 7r/1 - 7r/2
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