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GRIPLA270
The Relationships between 17HsG, 19HsG,
and Griplur
As mentioned earlier, there are many episodes in 19HsG which do not ap-
pear in 17HsG. The sources of some of these episodes are unknown, or
lie outside of the Hrómundar saga tradition, but others can easily be traced
to Griplur. This section presents only a sample of three (of many) epi-
sodes that suggest 19HsG is dependent on Griplur. Moreover, based on a
comparison of 19HsG with 17HsG and Griplur, this section delivers some
evidence that 19HsG is most likely also dependent on 17HsG.
The first and most obvious example of 19HsG being dependent on
Griplur is the episode in which Hrókur is killed by Bildur and Vóli. As
observed in previous scholarship, according to 17HsG, Hrókur was a
man, but according to Griplur he was a dog (Andrews 1913; Jesch 1984).
It happens that in 19HsG Hrókur is also a dog, which suggests 19HsG’s
dependence on Griplur.
Griplur
IV:4. Grundi hét einn góður þegn,
gefr hann honum með prýði
og megn rakka þann er
heitir Hrókr;
hann var bæði snarpr og klókr.
IV:5. Hrómund gaf honum
hríng með gull,
– hundsins þótti launin full-
eyrir vegr og aðra sjau,
er það meir en verðin tvau.
IV:6. Vissi þetta vóndur trúðr
Vóli kall, er ei var prúðr,
drepr hann þann inn dýra
hund, dragnaz til á
náttarstund.
17HsG
Hann gaf einum
manni, þeim er
Hrókur hiet eitt sinn,
gullhring gódann er
vó eýri. Þad fieck Voli
aþ vita, oc drap Hrók
á náttartýma enn tók
hringinn (3r:18–20)
19HsG
þar hafþi Kóngr vetrseto
meþ hyrþ sína, þann vetr,
hjá Burgeis nockrom,
hann var Gnúdi kallaþr,
hann gaf Kóngi marga
góþa gripi oc sva mön-
nom hans; hann gaf Hró-
mundi einn racka, sem
var sva vel viti borinn,
sem maþr, oc skjótr sem
ör, oc hit mesta gersemi
var hann, sá var Hrókr
kallaþr. Hrómundr gaf
Gnúþa aptr ágætann
hríng af betsta gulli, oc
var talat at hann væri or
haugi Þráins, oc vóg vit ij
mercr sylfors; þessa gjöf
öfundaþi Vole hyrþmaþr
Kóngs, hann kémor at