Gestumbl Heiðr 14VIII (Heiðr 61)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 61 (Gestumblindi, Heiðreks gátur 14)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 424.
Hvat ‘What’
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hvat (pron.): what
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
undra ‘wonder’
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2. undr (noun n.; °-s; -): wonder, marvel
[1] undra: so 281ˣ, 597bˣ, R715ˣ, ‘u’ 2845
er ‘that’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
[2] er: at 281ˣ, at inserted in the margin in another hand 597bˣ
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[2] ek: er inserted in the margin in another hand 597bˣ, om. R715ˣ
úti ‘outside’
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úti (adv.): out, outdoors, out at sea, abroad
[2] úti sá: so 281ˣ, R715ˣ, ‘u sa’ 2845, úti sá inserted in the margin in another hand 597bˣ
sá ‘saw’
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2. sjá (verb): see
[2] úti sá: so 281ˣ, R715ˣ, ‘u sa’ 2845, úti sá inserted in the margin in another hand 597bˣ
fyrir ‘before’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
[3] abbrev. as ‘fi d’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘f Døgl dÿrū’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘fr d d:’ 597bˣ, abbrev. as ‘f dellīgz dÿr’ R715ˣ
Dellings ‘Dellingr’s’
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Dellingr (noun m.)
[3] abbrev. as ‘fi d’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘f Døgl dÿrū’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘fr d d:’ 597bˣ, abbrev. as ‘f dellīgz dÿr’ R715ˣ
durum ‘doors’
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1. dyrr (noun f.; °gen. dura/dyra, dat. durum/dyrum): door
[3] abbrev. as ‘fi d’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘f Døgl dÿrū’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘fr d d:’ 597bˣ, abbrev. as ‘f dellīgz dÿr’ R715ˣ
Fætr ‘feet’
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1. fótr (noun m.): foot, leg
hefir ‘It has’
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hafa (verb): have
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
augu ‘eyes’
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auga (noun n.; °auga; augu/augun, gen. augna): eye
[5] fjögur augu: augu fjögur 281ˣ
berr ‘bears’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
[6] berr: berr þat 281ˣ, 597bˣ
ofar ‘higher’
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ofar (adv.): [high above]
en ‘than’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
kvið ‘belly’
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1. kviðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir, acc. -u): womb
Heiðrekr ‘Heiðrekr’
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Heiðrekr (noun m.): Heiðrekr
[7-8] abbrev. as ‘h k̄ h þ ā ḡ’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘h: K h:’ 597bˣ
konungr ‘King’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
[7-8] abbrev. as ‘h k̄ h þ ā ḡ’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘h: K h:’ 597bˣ
hyggðu ‘think’
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
[7-8] abbrev. as ‘h k̄ h þ ā ḡ’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘h: K h:’ 597bˣ
at ‘about’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
[7-8] abbrev. as ‘h k̄ h þ ā ḡ’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘h: K h:’ 597bˣ
gátu ‘the riddle’
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gáta (noun f.)
[7-8] abbrev. as ‘h k̄ h þ ā ḡ’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘h: K h:’ 597bˣ
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Heiðrekr’s response is (Heiðr 1960, 35): Þat er kǫngurváfur ‘Those are spiders’. The H redaction includes more dialogue, hinting at Heiðrekr’s suspicions (Heiðr 1924, 68): er nú bæði, at þú hefir hǫttinn síðan, enda sér þú niðr undan fleira en flestir menn aðrir, er þú hugsar hvert skrípi jarðarinnar, en þat er kǫngurváfa ‘It is now both: that you have your hood low over your face, and yet that you see more than most other men from under it when you think of every weird creature on the earth; but that is the spider’. The hood was a favourite disguise of Óðinn’s. — [1]: See Note to Heiðr 55/1.
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