Bǫðmóðr Lv 3VIII (Ket 32)
Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2017, ‘Ketils saga hœngs 32 (Bǫðmóðr Framarsson, Lausavísur 3)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 584.
text and translation
Reyndr ertu, fóstri, at ganga hervígis til
ok berjaz við Framar til fjár.
Á léttum aldri gaf honum Óðinn sigr;
mjök kveð ek hann vígum vanan.
Ertu reyndr, fóstri, at ganga til hervígis ok berjaz við Framar til fjár. Óðinn gaf honum sigr á léttum aldri; ek kveð hann mjök vanan vígum.
‘You are experienced, foster-father, in going to army-slaughter and in fighting with Framarr for wealth. Óðinn gave him victory in his youth; I say that he is very accustomed to killings.’
notes and context
When Ketill gets up to descend from the mound he slips, and Bǫðmóðr evidently interprets this as a bad omen. He warns Ketill that, when Framarr was a young man, Óðinn promised him victory. This stanza is introduced by the words: Þá kvað Böðmóðr vísu ‘Then Bǫðmóðr spoke a stanza’.
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) — 57v/6 - 57v/7
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AM 471 4° (471) — 55v - 55v
Reyndr ertu, fóstri,
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at ganga hervígis til
ok berjaz við Framar til fjár.
enn á léttum aldri
gaf honum Óðinn sigr;
mjök kveð ek hann vígum vanan. -
AM 173 folx (173x) — 10v/1 - 10v/4
Reyndr ertu ef þú | berzt við framaʀ | þviat oðinn sialfr | er hans fulltrúi |
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AM 340 4°x (340x) — 21/14 - 21/17
imagesReýndur ertu fostri | ad ganga heruýgíz til og beriast vid framar til fíar , ꜳ | líettum alldre gaff honum Odenn sigur míog kued eg | hann výgum vanann.
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AM 342 4°x (342x) — 73v/1 - 73v/2
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AM 552 q 4°x (552qx) — 8r/7 - 8r/8
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AM 109 a II 8°x (109a IIx) — 161v/5 - 161v/6
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