Keth Lv 22VIII (Ket 39)
Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2017, ‘Ketils saga hœngs 39 (Ketill hœngr, Lausavísur 22)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 594.
text and translation
Eigi þarftu oss at eggja; eiga mér sjaldan
fyrðar flugtrauðir frýja stórhöggva.
Bít þú nú, Dragvendill, eða brotna ella;
horfin* er okkr heill báðum, ef þú bilar sinn þriðja.
Þarftu eigi at eggja oss; sjaldan eiga flugtrauðir fyrðar frýja mér stórhöggva. Bít þú nú, Dragvendill, eða ella brotna; heill er horfin* okkr báðum, ef þú bilar þriðja sinn.
‘You do not need to egg us [me] on; seldom do men averse to flight call into question my dealing in heavy blows. Bite now, Dragvendill, or else break apart; luck has turned away from us both, if you fail a third time.’
notes and context
Ketill responds to Framarr’s mocking words in the previous stanza with ll. 1-4 and then addresses his sword in ll. 5-8. In the saga this stanza is introduced by the words: Ketill kvað ‘Ketill said’.
readings
- [1] at: á 471
- [2] mér: nú 471
- [7] horfin*: horfinn 343a, 471
- [7] okkr: om. 471
- [8] ef þú bilar sinn þriðja: so 1006ˣ, 173ˣ, 342ˣ, 109a IIˣ, þú bilar sinn þriðja 343a, ef bilar hinn þriðja 471
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/26 - 57v/28
Eigi þarftu oss at eggja;
images
eiga mér sjaldan
fyrðar flugtrauðir
frýja stórhöggva.
Bít þú nú, Dragvendill,
eða brotna ella;
horfinn er okkr heill báðum,
þú bilar sinn þriðja . -
AM 471 4° (471) — 56v - 56v
Eigi þarftu oss á eggja;
images
eiga nú sjaldan
fyrðar flugtrauðir
frýja stórhöggva.
Bít þú nú, Dragvendill,
eða brotna ella;
horfinn er heill báðum,
ef bilar hinn þriðja . -
GKS 1006 folx (1006x) — 621 - 621
Eigi þarftu oss at eggja;
images
eiga mér sjaldan
fyrðar flugtrauðir
frýja stórhöggva.
Bít þú nú, Dragvendill,
eða brotna ella;
horfin* er okkr heill báðum,
ef þú bilar sinn þriðja. -
AM 173 folx (173x) — 11r/20 - 11r/27
Eigi þarftu oss at eggja;
eiga mér sjaldan
fyrðar flugtrauðir
frýja stórhöggva.
Bít þú nú, Dragvendill,
eða brotna ella;
horfin* er okkr heill báðum,
ef þú bilar sinn þriðja.Þarfattu oss eɢia | eiga mer sialdan | fyrðar fulltrꜹstir | f⸌r⸍yia stor hoɢva | byttu nu dragvendill | eða brotna ella | horfinn er ockr heill baðum | ef þu bilar sinn þriðia |
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AM 342 4°x (342x) — 74r/1 - 74r/4
Eigi þarftu oss at eggja;
images
eiga mér sjaldan
fyrðar flugtrauðir
frýja stórhöggva.
Bít þú nú, Dragvendill,
eða brotna ella;
horfin* er okkr heill báðum,
ef þú bilar sinn þriðja. -
AM 109 a II 8°x (109a IIx) — 162r/9 - 162r/12
Eigi þarftu oss at eggja;
images
eiga mér sjaldan
fyrðar flugtrauðir
frýja stórhöggva.
Bít þú nú, Dragvendill,
eða brotna ella;
horfin* er okkr heill báðum,
ef þú bilar sinn þriðja. -
AM 340 4°x (340x) — 23/9 - 23/12
imagesEy þarfftu oß ad eggia , eiga truer sial | ldan , fýrdar flugtraudz , frýa störhóggua , byt | þu nu draguendell , edur brotna ella , horffenn er | ockur heýll bädum , eff þu bilar sinn þridía.
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