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Herv Lv 7^VIII (Heiðr 23)

Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 23 (Hervǫr, Lausavísur 7)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 382.

Hervǫr Lausavísur

Hirðumat ‘Let us not care’

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hirða (verb): hide, care for

[1] Hirðumat fælaz: hirðum ei at fælaz 2845, hirðum ei fælaz R715ˣ

fælaz ‘to be frightened’

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fæla (verb): frighten

[1] Hirðumat fælaz: hirðum ei at fælaz 2845, hirðum ei fælaz R715ˣ

við ‘at’

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2. við (prep.): with, against

[2] við fnösun slíka: við þrösun slíka 2845, om. R715ˣ

fnösun ‘roaring’

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fnasan (noun f.)

[2] við fnösun slíka: við þrösun slíka 2845, om. R715ˣ

notes

[2] fnösun ‘roaring’: I.e. of the fires. Ms. 2845’s reading þrösun ‘violent behaviour’ lacks alliteration and is clearly an error.

slíka ‘such’

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2. slíkr (adj.): such

[2] við fnösun slíka: við þrösun slíka 2845, om. R715ˣ

þótt ‘though’

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þótt (conj.): although

[3, 4] þótt um alla ey eldar brenni: þótt eldar um eyna brenni R715ˣ

um ‘around’

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1. um (prep.): about, around

[3, 4] þótt um alla ey eldar brenni: þótt eldar um eyna brenni R715ˣ

alla ‘all’

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allr (adj.): all

[3, 4] þótt um alla ey eldar brenni: þótt eldar um eyna brenni R715ˣ

ey ‘the island’

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1. ey (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju/-; -jar): island

[3, 4] þótt um alla ey eldar brenni: þótt eldar um eyna brenni R715ˣ

eldar ‘fires’

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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire

[3, 4] þótt um alla ey eldar brenni: þótt eldar um eyna brenni R715ˣ

brenni ‘may burn’

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2. brenna (verb; °brennr/brenn; brann, brunnu; brunninn): (strong, intransitive)

[3, 4] þótt um alla ey eldar brenni: þótt eldar um eyna brenni R715ˣ

Látum ‘Let us’

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láta (verb): let, have sth done

okkr ‘us’

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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our

[5] okkr eigi: so 2845, eigi okkr Hb, ei okkr R715ˣ

notes

[5] eigi … okkr ‘not … us’: Ms. 2845’s reading is metrically preferable, and also chosen by other eds.

eigi ‘not allow’

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3. eigi (adv.): not

[5] okkr eigi: so 2845, eigi okkr Hb, ei okkr R715ˣ

notes

[5] eigi … okkr ‘not … us’: Ms. 2845’s reading is metrically preferable, and also chosen by other eds.

liðna ‘dead’

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1. líða (verb): move, glide

[6] liðna rekka: rekka liðna Hb, lítit hræða 2845, lítit saka R715ˣ

notes

[6] liðna rekka ‘dead men’: The reversal of Hb’s word-order is necessary to achieve alliteration on the first stressed syllable, an emendation also made by other eds.

rekka ‘men’

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rekkr (noun m.; °; -ar): man, champion

[6] liðna rekka: rekka liðna Hb, lítit hræða 2845, lítit saka R715ˣ

notes

[6] liðna rekka ‘dead men’: The reversal of Hb’s word-order is necessary to achieve alliteration on the first stressed syllable, an emendation also made by other eds.

skjótla ‘quickly’

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skjótla (adv.)

[7] skjótla skelfa: rekka slíka 2845, R715ˣ

skelfa ‘to frighten’

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skelfa (verb): cause to shake

[7] skjótla skelfa: rekka slíka 2845, R715ˣ

skulum ‘we must’

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skulu (verb): shall, should, must

[8] skulum við talaz: ræðumz fleira við 2845, ok ræðum fleira R715ˣ

við ‘talk’

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2. við (prep.): with, against

[8] skulum við talaz: ræðumz fleira við 2845, ok ræðum fleira R715ˣ

talaz ‘about it’

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3. tala (verb): speak, talk

[8] skulum við talaz: ræðumz fleira við 2845, ok ræðum fleira R715ˣ

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The speaker is Hervǫr, indicated in 2845 and R715ˣ.

[1-4]: Line 2 is omitted in R715ˣ, and Verelius (Heiðr 1672, 90) omits um eyna ‘around the island’, presumably so that the stanza has an even six lines. His edn thus reads Hirdum ey fælast | þott elldar brenni ‘Let us not be frightened though fires burn’. In Herv Lv 13/1-4 (Heiðr 33) Hervǫr once again has to deny that she is frightened by the fires, in that instance to her father, Angantýr. — [5-8]: The other mss offer different versions of this half-stanza, both less preferable. Ms. 2845 reads: Látum okkr eigi | lítit hræða | rekka slíka | ræðumz fleira við ‘Let us not allow such men to frighten us little; we will speak further’; while R715ˣ has the similar Látum ei okkr | lítit saka | rekka slíka | ok ræðum fleira ‘Let us not allow such men to harm us little, and let us speak further’. Both 2845 and R715ˣ display metrical irregularities; in the 2845 version ll. 5 and 8 are hypermetrical, while the R715ˣ version requires the word okkr (l. 5) to be desyllabified.

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