Hundk Lv 2VIII (HjǪ 31)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 31 (Hundingi konungr, Lausavísur 2)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 523.
Hverr ‘Who’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
sá ‘that’
[1] sá: sá inn ÍBR5ˣ
hoski ‘wise one’
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horskr (adj.; °compar. -ari): wise
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
gerð ‘armour’
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2. gerð (noun f.): gear
stýrir ‘possesses’
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stýra (verb): steer, control
sterkr ‘strong’
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sterkr (adj.): strong
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
stórmannligr ‘magnificent’
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stórmannligr (adj.)
stendr ‘stands’
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standa (verb): stand
þér ‘your’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
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[4] á aðra hlið þér ‘by your side’: Lit. ‘on one side of you’, thinking of the two sides of Hjálmþér’s body.
á ‘by’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
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[4] á aðra hlið þér ‘by your side’: Lit. ‘on one side of you’, thinking of the two sides of Hjálmþér’s body.
hlið ‘side’
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1. hlið (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; -ar): side
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[4] á aðra hlið þér ‘by your side’: Lit. ‘on one side of you’, thinking of the two sides of Hjálmþér’s body.
aðra ‘’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
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[4] á aðra hlið þér ‘by your side’: Lit. ‘on one side of you’, thinking of the two sides of Hjálmþér’s body.
Glöggra ‘clearly’
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gløggr (adj.; °-van; compar. -(v)ari/-ri, superl. -(v)astr/-str): clear
máttu ‘You must’
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mega (verb): may, might
greina ‘describe’
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greina (verb): explain, divide
[5] greina: so ÍBR5ˣ, greina mér 109a IIIˣ, papp6ˣ
frá ‘more’
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frá (prep.): from
görpum ‘men’
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garpr (noun m.): champion
[6] görpum: gestum with first four letters overwritten papp6ˣ
þínum ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
þá ‘then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
veit ‘will’
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1. vita (verb): know
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
görr ‘know better’
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2. gǫrr (adv.): even
hvar ‘where’
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hvar (adv.): where
gestum ‘the guests’
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gestr (noun m.): guest, stranger
skal ‘should’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
skipa ‘be seated’
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1. skipa (verb): change, place
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Hundingi asks Hjálmþér to identify Ǫlvir using the formulaic excuse of determining appropriate seating arrangements.
There are considerable similarities between the following four stanzas of HjǪ (31-4) and Hjálmþérsrímur V, 26-30 (Finnur Jónsson 1905-22, II, 37). — [7]: The line is unmetrical and needs another, final syllable, which could be supplied by emending görr ‘better’ to gerla ‘completely, clearly’ (cf. HjǪ 39/10).
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