Ásb Ævkv 9VIII (OStór 12)
Peter Jorgensen (ed.) 2017, ‘Orms þáttr Stórólfssonar 12 (Ásbjǫrn, Ævikviða 9)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 615.
Mundi Ormr ófrýnn vera,
ef hann á kvöl þessa kynni at líta
ok grimmliga gjalda þursi
várar viðfarar víst, ef hann næði.
Ormr mundi vera ófrýnn, ef hann kynni at líta á þessa kvöl ok víst gjalda þursi viðfarar várar grimmliga, ef hann næði.
Ormr would be displeased if he could look upon this torment and certainly pay back the giant terribly for our [my] treatment, if he could.
Mss: Flat(70va), 2845(24r), 554h βˣ(63v-64r) (OStór)
Readings: [2] vera: verða 554h βˣ [3] kvöl: kval 2845 [4] kynni at líta: ‘kappmenn fæe’ 554h βˣ [5] grimmliga: ‘gresslega’ 554h βˣ [7] várar: ‘vor’ 554h βˣ
Editions: Skj AII, 344, Skj BII, 365, Skald II, 198; ÓT 1689, 14, Fms 3, 221, Flat 1860-8, I, 528, Þorleifur Jónsson 1904, 214, Guðni Jónsson 1935, 185 (ch. 7), Guðni Jónsson 1946-9, 11, 457-8 (ch. 7), Faulkes 2011b, 71 (ch. 7) (OStór).
Context: The final stanza spoken by Ásbjǫrn as Brúsi the giant leads him around an iron pillar, and Ásbjǫrn’s intestines wind onto it. He dies immediately afterwards.
Notes: [1]: This line contains only three syllables, making it likely that desyllabification of final ‑r has occurred. The line probably contained four syllables, with Ormr disyllabic (Ormur). — [2] ófrýnn ‘displeased’: Lit. ‘frowning’. Uncommon in skaldic poetry; cf. Anon Brúðv 13/2VII, where the adj. is used of the Virgin Mary’s displeasure with one of her devotees.
References
- Bibliography
- Fms = Sveinbjörn Egilsson et al., eds. 1825-37. Fornmanna sögur eptir gömlum handritum útgefnar að tilhlutun hins norræna fornfræða fèlags. 12 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Guðni Jónsson, ed. 1946-9. Íslendinga sögur. 13 vols. Reykjavík: Íslendingasagnaútgáfan. Rpt. 1953.
- Faulkes, Anthony. 2011b. Two Icelandic Stories: Hreiðars þáttr, Orms þáttr. New edition. London: Viking Society. First published [n. d. (1967)].
- ÓT 1689 = [Anonymous] 1689. Saga þess haloflega herra Olafs Tryggvasonar, Noregs kongs. Skálholt: Jón Snorrason.
- Þorleifur Jónsson. 1904. Fjörutíu Íslendinga-Þættir. Reykjavík: Sigurður Kristjánsson.
- Guðni Jónsson, ed. 1935. Íslendinga þættir. Reykjavík: Sigurður Kristjánsson.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Flateyjarbók’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=44> (accessed 3 May 2024)
- 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Orms þáttr Stórólfssonar’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 602. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=80> (accessed 3 May 2024)
- Valgerður Erna Þorvaldsdóttir (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Brúðkaupsvísur 13’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 538-9.
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