Rímur af Finnboga Ramma

Abstract

The Faroese Finnboga ríma is based on chapters 12-17 of Finnboga saga ramma, with the natural adjustments that Finnbogi is said to be Faroese and that the action is made to take place in the Faroes and Norway. In these chapters there are motifs whichs also appear in Hallfreðar saga, Áns saga bogsveigis, Kjalnesinga saga, Vilmundar saga viðutan and others. Finnboga ríma deviates from the saga at a number of points. Where this occurs there is a blatant similarity between the ríma and corresponding episodes in Áns rímur bogsveigis and Ormur's Vilmundar rímur viðutan (VO.). It is possible that the Faroese Finnboga ríma was based on Icelandic Finnboga rímur, now lost, which were younger than Ans rímur and partially dependant on them, but older than VO., in which case stanza VII 67 in VO. might be derived from the postulated lost Finnboga rímur, in partially or completely unchanged form.