Hjálm Lv 14VIII (Ǫrv 24)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 24 (Hjálmarr inn hugumstóri, Lausavísur 14)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 838.
text and translation
Sé ek, hvar sitja Sigtúnum á
fljóð, þau er löttu farar mik þaðan.
Gleðr eigi Hjálmar í höll konungs
öl né rekkar um aldr síðan.
Ek sé, hvar fljóð sitja á Sigtúnum, þau er löttu mik farar þaðan. Öl né rekkar gleðr eigi Hjálmar í höll konungs síðan um aldr.
‘I see where those women sit in Sigtuna, who dissuaded me from my journey from there. Neither ale nor warriors will gladden Hjálmarr in the king’s hall ever afterwards. ’
notes and context
This stanza is the last of the sequence of eight stanzas, beginning with Hjálm 11 (Ǫrv 21) that forms the main part of Hjálmarr’s death-song in the Ǫrv mss. After it the younger mss (343a, 471 and 173ˣ) follow with Ǫrv 25-9, and then there is a final prose passage in all Ǫrv mss which concludes with Ǫrv 16 and 20, which are also in the mss of Heiðr.
readings
- [2] á: í 173ˣ
- [4] farar: so all others, fara 344a
- [4] þaðan: þannig 343a, 471, þar veg 173ˣ
- [5] Hjálmar: so all others, mik 344a
- [7] rekkar: so 343a, 173ˣ, ríki 344a, rekka 471
- [8] um aldr: aldri 343a, 471, 173ˣ
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 344 a 4° (344a) — 17v/26 - 17v/28
imagesSé ek, hvar sitja
Sigtúnum á
fljóð, þau er löttu
fara mik þaðan.
Gleðr eigi mik
í höll konungs
öl né ríki
um aldr síðan.Se ek huar sitia | sigtunum a fliod þau er lauttu fara mik þaþan gledr eigi | mik ihaull konungs avl ne riki um alldr sidan჻||
(HA)
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AM 343 a 4° (343a) — 68v/16 - 68v/18
Sé ek, hvar sitja
images
Sigtúnum á
fljóð, þau er löttu
farar mik þannig.
Gleðr eigi Hjálmar
í höll konungs
öl né rekkar
aldri síðan. -
AM 471 4° (471) — 75r - 75r
Sé ek, hvar sitja
images
Sigtúnum á
fljóð, þau er löttu
farar mik þannig.
Gleðr eigi Hjálmar
í höll konungs
öl né rekka
aldri síðan. -
AM 173 folx (173x) — 37v/4 - 37v/11
Sé ek, hvar sitja
images
Sigtúnum í
fljóð, þau er löttu
farar mik þar veg.
Gleðr eigi Hjálmar
í höll konungs
öl né rekkar
aldri síðan. -
AM 344 b 4°x (344bx) — 15r/12 - 15r/14
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