The Relation of the Hrólfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarímur to Beowulf: A Contribution To The History Of Saga Development In England And The; Scandinavian CountriesOlson, Oscar Ludvig
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The Relation of the Hrólfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarímur to Beowulf: A Contribution To The History Of Saga Development In England And The; Scandinavian Countries
[Footnote 181: Halfdan's brother, who, after Halfdan's death, married
his widow, Sigrith.]
[Footnote 182: This is not expressly stated; but her appearance and
action in the last scene admit of no other conclusion. This is Finnur
Jónsson's opinion also; see p. 95, n.]
[Footnote 183: _Helt._, I, pp. 173-74.]
[Footnote 184: Finnur Jónsson, in his comment on the _Fróðaþáttr_,
regards the version of the Hroar-Helgi story contained in the
_Skjọldungasaga_ and the _Bjarkarímur_ as earlier than the version
contained in the _Hrólfssaga_. His most significant statements bearing
on the matter are as follows: "I _Skjọldungasaga_, der blandt de
islandske kilder har störst betydning, har vi herfor [i.e., instead of
Halfdan and Frothi] Hálfdan og Ingjaldr, der er halvbrödre, bægge sönner
af kong Fróði froekni; Halvdans moder er en datter af kong Jörund i
Sverrig, Ingjalds moder er en datter af Sverting og Frodes virkelige
hustru; herom ved vor saga altså intet. Halvdan er ifg. _Skj._ gift med
en Sigríðr (således også i _Hrs._, hvor hun pludselig dukker op). Deres
börn er de samme som i sagaen; også her er Signý gift med Sævil. Ingjald
dræber sin broder Halvdan og gifter sig med hans enke (heri finder vi
motivet til at hun lader sig indebrænde med Frode i _Hrs._, hvilket dér
står ganske umotiveret)."--_Hrs. Bjark._, Introd., p. 9.
The _Skjọldungasaga_ does not, however, say that Ingjald's mother was a
daughter of Swerting. It says, "Postea ducta alia, Ingialldum filium
legitimum hæredem suscepit" (_Aarb._, p. 111). And later it says that
Ingjald married Swerting's daughter. The words of the saga are,
"Ingialldus Frodonis filius Svertingi baronis paulo ante commemorati
filiam in uxorem accepit firmioris gratiæ, ut omnibus visum, conciliandæ
ergo" (_Aarb._, p. 112). This would indicate that Ingjald was not the
son of a daughter of Swerting.]
[Footnote 185: "Arngrim tilföjer, at natten efter var de hos en bonde,
i.e., Hrane, hvis gaver de afslog. (Footnote. Her træffer vi sikkert det
oprindelige forhold, kun ét mode med Odin.) Hvorledes Rolv rejste
videre, siges ikke i nogen af kilderne. Det er klart heraf, at Arngrims
fremstilling står sagaen nærmere end _Skj._, hvilket næppe kommer af, at
Snorre skulde have udeladt det som Arngrim har; det har været den yngre
bearbejdelse af _Skj._, som A. Olrik vistnok med rette har ment at kunne
påvise, som Arngrims fremstilling beror på."--Finnur Jónsson, _Hrs.
Bjark._, Introd., p. 25.]
[Footnote 186: See, for instance, Sarrazin's _König Hrodhgeirr und seine
familie_; _Eng. Stud._, XXIII, pp. 221 ff.]
[Footnote 187: _Aarb._, pp. 164.]
[Footnote 188: See p. 85.]
[Footnote 189: _Beow.-Stud._, pp. 41 ff., and _Eng. Stud._, XXIII, p.
228.]
[Footnote 190: _Notes, Beow._, pp. 43.]
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