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belong to the earlier half of the 15th century; the source is branch II in
the Kms, Bb version39. Rollantsrimur af Ferakutsbardaga belong to the
16th century, and it is even possible that the poet wrote af ter the Re-
formation. The source is an episode in branch IV, in the Aa version40.
Rollantsrimur af Runsivalspatti, based on branch VIII, were written by
the poet RorSur Magnusson å Strjugi, of whom little is known, except
that he belongs to the second half of the 16th century, and was still alive
in 159141. The rimur are based on the Bb version, and alone among the
Icelandic versions of the tale they have preserved the episode of La belle
Aude. The two latter cycles of rimur have not been published42. There is
also an Icelandic Rollantskvadi, dating probably from the beginning of
the 16th century, dealing with the fight between Roland and Ferakut43
(13 stanzas only).
The following Faeroese ballads are based on Kms:
Geipa tattur, printed in Færøsk Anthologi pp. 139-152. The source is
branch VII of the saga44.
Emunds rima, ibidem pp. 152-161, derived from Kms branch IV, but
very much changed and shortened45.
Odvalds rima, ibidem pp. 162-66, from branch VI of the Kms46.
Runsivals strib, ibidem pp. 174-87, based on branch VIII. The Emunds
rima and the Runsivals strid are often combined, and the tale has been
much changed and shortened47.
Oluvu kvad i, ibidem pp. 188-214, is based on branch II, and follows it
more closely than is usual with the Faeroese ballads.
schen Gedichts von Karls des Grossen Reise nach Jerusalem und Constantinopel,
Heilbronn 1879 pp. 139-173.
39 Rimur fyrir 1600 pp. 390-93. Printed in Rlmnasafn II, pp. 392-471.
40 Rimur fyrir 1600 pp. 466-67.
41 Ibidem, p. 494. On the Rollantsrimur, ibidem pp. 485-93.
42 Extracts (the belle Aude episode) in Rimur fyrir 1600, pp. 489-90.
43 Ibidem, pp. 362-63, and cp. Jon Porkelsson, Digtningen på Island i 15. og 16.
århundrede, pp. 164-66.
44 Also in Svabos færøske visehaandskrifter (udg. ved Chr. Matras, Copenhagen
1937-39) pp. 419-29.
45 Ibidem, pp. 430-35.
40 Ibidem pp. 447-50.
47 Ibidem, pp. 436-46, and in Karlamagnusar kvaje ædla Rolands kvaje, ed. Ja-
kob Jakobsen, Tårshavn 1890. The edition of these ballads in V. U. Hammershaimb’s
Færøsk Anthologi is mostly based on Svabo’s texts, but the spelling is normalized.