Framarr Lv 3VIII (Ket 38)
Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2017, ‘Ketils saga hœngs 38 (Framarr víkingakonungr, Lausavísur 3)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 593.
text and translation
Skelfr nú skegg á karli; skeika vápn gömlum;
frýr hann hjör hvössum; hræðiz faðir meyjar.
Brýnduz benteinar, svát bíta máttu
hölða hugprúða, ef þér hugr dygði.
Nú skelfr skegg á karli; vápn skeika gömlum; hann frýr hvössum hjör; {faðir meyjar} hræðiz. {Benteinar} brýnduz, svát máttu bíta hugprúða hölða, ef hugr dygði þér.
‘Now the beard is trembling on the fellow; weapons go askew for the old man; he blames his sharp sword; the father of the maiden [= Ketill] is afraid. The wound-twigs [SWORDS] were whetted so that they were able to bite courage-proud warriors, if courage had stood you in good stead.’
notes and context
Framarr mocks Ketill’s futile attempts to wound him. In the saga this stanza is introduced by the words: Framarr kvað vísu ‘Framarr spoke a stanza’.
This stanza contains echoes of Ket 15, in which Ketill comments on the course of the battle against the first unwanted suitor (Áli Uppdalakappi) for the hand of his daughter: Ketill says there (l. 4) that the beard of his opponent is ‘coloured (with blood)’ and that his opponent is afraid: biðill meyjar hræðiz ‘the girl’s suitor is afraid’ (l. 8). — [5-8]: Several mss including 342ˣ omit ll. 5-6 and read: frýr hann hjör hvassan; | hræðiz nú faðir meyjar | at høggva hugprúðan, | því honum hugr ei dugir ‘he blames his sharp sword (acc.); the father of the maiden is now afraid to strike the courage-proud [man], because his courage does not support him’.
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/24 - 57v/26
Skelfr nú skegg á karli;
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skeika vápn gömlum;
frýr hann hjör hvössum;
hræðiz faðir meyjar.
Brýnduz benteinar,
svát bíta mátti
hölða hugprúða,
ef þér hugr dygði. -
AM 471 4° (471) — 56r - 56v
Skelfr skegg á karli;
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skeika vápn gömlum;
frýr hann hjör hvössum;
hræðiz faðir meyjar.
Brýnduz benteinar,
svát bíta máttu
hölðum hugprúðum ,
ef þér hugr dygði. -
AM 173 folx (173x) — 11r/13 - 11r/18
Skelfr nu skeɢ a karli | skeika vopn gomlum | fryr hann hior hvassann | hræðiz nu faðir meyiar | at hoɢva hugpruþan | þvi honum hugr ei dugar |
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AM 340 4°x (340x) — 23/5 - 23/8
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AM 342 4°x (342x) — 73v/27 - 74r/1
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AM 552 q 4°x (552qx) — 8r/25 - 8r/27
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AM 109 a II 8°x (109a IIx) — 162r/5 - 162r/8
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editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], E. 8. Vers af Fornaldarsagaer: Af Ketill hœngs saga VII 5: AII, 286-7, BII, 307-8, Skald II, 163, NN §3289; FSN 2, 138, FSGJ 2, 179, Anderson 1990, 58, 107, 442; Edd. Min. 84.
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