Hjþ Lv 11VIII (HjǪ 32)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 32 (Hjálmþér Ingason, Lausavísur 11)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 524.
Ölvir hann heitir, er hræðiz aldri
eld né eggjar eðr hergengi,
borinn sem buðlungar, þeir sem beztir eru,
mætri en mildingar, minn er fóstbróðir.
Hann heitir Ölvir, er hræðiz aldri eld né eggjar eðr hergengi, borinn sem buðlungar, þeir sem eru beztir, mætri en mildingar, er fóstbróðir minn.
He is called Ǫlvir, who never fears fire or sword or battle-following, born like princes, they who are best, more worthy than generous rulers, he is my foster-brother.
Mss: 109a IIIˣ(273v), papp6ˣ(53v), ÍBR5ˣ(95) (HjǪ)
Readings: [2] hræðiz aldri: aldri hræðiz papp6ˣ [4] hergengi: so papp6ˣ, hergenga 109a IIIˣ, herganga ÍBR5ˣ [6] beztir: so papp6ˣ, bezt 109a IIIˣ, ÍBR5ˣ
Editions: Skj AII, 338, Skj BII, 360, Skald II, 194-5; HjǪ 1720, 49, FSN 3, 493, FSGJ 4, 218-19, HjǪ 1970, 40, 95, 157.
Context: In this stanza Hjálmþér presents Ǫlvir and his credentials to King Hundingi.
Notes: [4] hergengi ‘battle-following’: This cpd appears to be a hap. leg. and is glossed by Finnur Jónsson (LP: hergengi) as krigsfølge ‘war-following’ and further explained as være bange for at følge en i kamp ‘be afraid to follow someone into battle’. The cpd is presumably composed of her ‘war’ and gengi ‘support, following, troops’, so the more straightfoward meaning would seem to be that Ǫlvir is not afraid of opposing troops in battle, rather than not afraid to follow a leader into battle.
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.
- LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.
- FSGJ = Guðni Jónsson, ed. 1954. Fornaldar sögur norðurlanda. 4 vols. [Reykjavík]: Íslendingasagnaútgáfan.
- HjǪ 1720 = Peringskiöld, Johann, ed. 1720. Hialmters och Olvers saga, Handlande om trenne Konungar i Manahem eller Sverige, Inge, Hialmter, och Inge, samt Olver Jarl och om theras uthresor til Grekeland och Arabien. Stockholm: Horn.
- HjǪ 1970 = Harris, Richard L., ed. 1970. ‘Hjálmþérs saga: A Scientific Edition’. Ph.D. thesis. University of Iowa.
Stanza/chapter/text segment
Use the buttons at the top of the page to navigate between stanzas in a poem.
Information tab
- text: if the stanza has been published, the edited text of the stanza and translation are here; if it hasn't been published an old edition (usually Skj) is given for reference
- sources: a list of the manuscripts or inscriptions containing this stanza, with page and line references and links (eye button) to images where available, and transcription where available
- readings: a list of variant manuscript readings of words in the main text
- editions and texts: a list of editions of the stanza with links to the bibliography; and a list of prose works in which the stanza occurs, allowing you to navigate within the prose context
- notes and context: notes not linked to individual words are given here, along with the account of the prose context for the stanza, where relevant
Interactive tab
The text and translation are given here, with buttons to toggle whether the text is shown in the verse order or prose word order. Clicking on indiviudal words gives dictionary links, variant readings, kennings and notes, where relevant.
Full text tab
This is the text of the edition in a similar format to how the edition appears in the printed volumes.
Chapter/text segment
This view is also used for chapters and other text segments. Not all the headings shown are relevant to such sections.