Gestumbl Heiðr 24VIII (Heiðr 71)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 71 (Gestumblindi, Heiðreks gátur 24)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 437.
text and translation
Hverjar eru þær brúðir, er ganga í brimskerjum,
ok eiga eptir firði för?
Harðan beð hafa þær inar hvítföldnu,
ok leika í logni fátt.
Heiðrekr konungr, hyggðu at gátu.
Hverjar eru þær brúðir, er ganga í brimskerjum, ok eiga för eptir firði? Þær hafa harðan beð, inar hvítföldnu, ok leika fátt í logni. Heiðrekr konungr, hyggðu at gátu.
‘Who are those brides, who walk in surf-skerries, and have a journey along the fjord? They have a hard bed, the white-hooded ones, and play little in the calm. King Heiðrekr, think about the riddle. ’
notes and context
Heiðrekr’s response is (Heiðr 1960, 42): Þat eru bárur, en beðir þeira eru sker ok urðir, en þær verða lítt sénar í logni ‘Those are waves, and their beds are skerries and stones, but they are little seen in calm weather’. The H redaction has (Heiðr 1924, 73): þat eru enn Ægis meyjar, ok fǫrlaz þér nú mjǫk framburðrinn ok muntu nú vilja þola dóm spekinga ‘Those are again Ægir’s girls, and you grow very weak now in your delivery, and must now wish to suffer the judgement of wise men’. — [5]: The same half-line is found in the earlier wave-riddle Heiðr 68/5 (see Note there).
readings
- [2] í brimskerjum: ‘i brim skerum’ 2845, brimserkjum í 281ˣ, brimserkjum í corrected from ‘brinserkjum i’ in another hand 597bˣ, ‘j brinserkjum’ R715ˣ
- [3] firði: firði corrected from friði in another hand 597bˣ, friði R715ˣ
- [5] hafa: hafa corrected from hjá in the margin in another hand 597bˣ
- [5] hvítföldnu: so 281ˣ, 597bˣ, ‘huitfꜹlldudu konur’ 2845, ‘huitfolldu konur’ R715ˣ
- [7-8] abbrev. as ‘heid: kr·’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h Kongr’ 597bˣ
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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GKS 2845 4° (2845) — 72r/12 - 72r/14 [1-6]
imagesHverjar eru þær brúðir,
er ganga †i brim skerum† ,
ok eiga eptir firði för?
Harðan beð
hafa þær inar †huitfꜹlldudu konur†,
ok leika í logni fátt.
Heiðrekr konungr,
hyggðu at gátu.hueríar eru þær br | udír er ganga i brim skerum ok eiga eptir fírdi fꜹr hardaɴ bed hafa þær iɴar | huitfꜹlldudu koɴur ok leika i logni fatt
(HB)
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AM 281 4°x (281x) — 100r/23 - 100r/24
imagesHverjar eru þær brúðir,
er ganga brimserkjum í ,
ok eiga eptir firði för?
Harðan beð
hafa þær inar hvítföldnu,
ok leika í logni fátt.
,
.hvoriar eru þær brűder er ganga brimserkium i og eiga epter firdi | før⸝ hardan bed hafa⸝ þær enar hvӳtfólldnú og leika i logni ftt heidrekur kongur
(HB)
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AM 597 b 4°x (597bx) — 50v/7 - 50v/9
imagesHverjar eru þær brúðir,
er ganga brimserkjum í ,
ok eiga eptir firði för?
Harðan beð
hafa þær inar hvítföldnu,
ok leika í logni fátt.
,
.hvorjar eru þær | bruder er ganga brimserkjum i og eiga epter firde før⸝ hardann bed | hafa⸝ þær enar hvïtfølldnu og leika i logne fatt heidrekur Kongur
(HB)
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UppsUB R 715x (R715x) — 28v/9 - 28v/12 [1-6]
imagesHverjar eru þær brúðir,
er ganga †j brinserkjum† ,
ok eiga eptir friði för?
Harðan beð
hafa þær inar †huitfolldu konur†,
ok leika í logni fátt.
Heiðrekr konungr,
hyggðu at gátu.huoriar ero þær bruder | er j brin serkium vada og eigu efftir fr | idj far hardann bed hafa þær hinar | huitfolldu konur og leika j logni fatt
(HB)
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AM 203 folx (203x) — 106r/20 - 106r/26
images
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], D. 5. Heiðreks gátur 24: AII, 226, BII, 244-5, Skald II, 127; Heiðr 1672, 147, FSN 1, 481, Heiðr 1873, 252-3, 342, Heiðr 1924, 73, 79, 136, FSGJ 2, 48, Heiðr 1960, 42; Edd. Min. 115.
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