Angantýr Lv 11VIII (Heiðr 46)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 46 (Angantýr Arngrímsson, Lausavísur 11)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 405.
Far vel, dóttir, fljótt gæfa ek þér
tólf manna fjör, ef þú trúa mættir,
afl ok eljun, alt it góða,
þat er synir Arngríms at sik leifðu.
Far vel, dóttir, ek gæfa þér fljótt fjör tólf manna, ef þú mættir trúa, afl ok eljun, alt it góða, þat er synir Arngríms leifðu at sik.
Farewell, daughter, I would readily give you the life of twelve men, if you are able to believe it, strength and energy, all the good that the sons of Arngrímr left after them.
Mss: Hb(74v marg), R715ˣ(14v) (Heiðr)
Readings: [2] gæfa: gef R715ˣ [7] þat: om. R715ˣ [8] at sik: eptir R715ˣ
Editions: Skj AII, 249, Skj BII, 269, Skald II, 140; Heiðr 1672, 95, FSN 1, 442, 522, Heiðr 1873, 222, Heiðr 1924, 32-3, 113, FSGJ 2, 22, Heiðr 1960, 19; Edd. Min. 20.
Notes: [3] fjör tólf manna ‘the life of twelve men’: The number twelve had a general significance since a duodecimal counting system was employed in medieval Scandinavia intermingled with a decimal system (Karker 1974), but this instance seems to refer specifically to the sons of Arngrímr. — [4] ef þú mættir trúa ‘if you are able to believe it’: The same half-line occurs in Heiðr 34/6 and 43/6 (but see Note to Heiðr 43/5-8). — [5] afl ok eljun ‘strength and energy’: The same alliterating half-line is used in Rþ 44/5 and Anon Hsv 117/1VII.
References
- Bibliography
- FSN = Rafn, Carl Christian, ed. 1829-30. Fornaldar sögur nordrlanda. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Heiðr 1672 = Verelius, Olaus, ed. 1672. Hervarar Saga på Gammel Gotska. Uppsala: Curio.
- FSGJ = Guðni Jónsson, ed. 1954. Fornaldar sögur norðurlanda. 4 vols. [Reykjavík]: Íslendingasagnaútgáfan.
- Heiðr 1924 = Jón Helgason, ed. 1924. Heiðreks saga. Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks konungs. SUGNL 48. Copenhagen: Jørgensen.
- Heiðr 1960 = Tolkien, Christopher, ed. and trans. 1960. Saga Heiðreks konungs ins vitra / The Saga of King Heidrek the Wise. Nelson Icelandic Texts. London etc.: Nelson.
- Heiðr 1873 = Bugge, Sophus, ed. 1873. Hervarar saga ok Heidreks. Det Norske oldskriftselskabs samlinger 17. Christiania (Oslo): Brøgger.
- Karker, Allan. 1974. ‘Talsystem’. KLNM 18, 115-18.
- Internal references
- Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 81 (Gestumblindi, Heiðreks gátur 34)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 448.
- Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 117’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 430.
- Not published: do not cite ()
- Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 43 (Angantýr Arngrímsson, Lausavísur 9)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 402.
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