Svart Skauf 33VIII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Svartr á Hofstöðum, Skaufhala bálkr 33’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 978.
notes
[1] hef eg ‘I’ve’: Lit. ‘have I’. So Rask87ˣ (‘Hefi eg’). Ms. 603 has hefi. The normalisation is in keeping with the 603 readings of sts 30/1, 31/1 and 32/1 (see also Note to st. 20/1).
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[1] Hef eg (‘Hefi eg’): so Rask87ˣ, Hefi 603
notes
[1] hef eg ‘I’ve’: Lit. ‘have I’. So Rask87ˣ (‘Hefi eg’). Ms. 603 has hefi. The normalisation is in keeping with the 603 readings of sts 30/1, 31/1 and 32/1 (see also Note to st. 20/1).
íhentað ‘fetched’
[1] íhentað: hent Rask87ˣ
notes
[1] íhentað ‘fetched’: Hap. leg. Hent ‘fetched’ (Rask87ˣ followed by Jón Þorkelsson 1922-7 and Páll Eggert Ólason 1947) is less preferable from a metrical point of view, and looks like a lectio facilior.
mier ‘myself’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
hákallslykkjur ‘shark-loops’
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hákarlslykkja (noun f.)
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
höggið ‘cut’
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hǫggva (verb): to strike, put to death, cut, hew
mier ‘myself’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
hvinna ‘thieves’’
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hvinnr (noun m.): thief, pilferer
notes
[4] hvinna ‘thieves’’: Hvinnr was a person guilty of petty theft. See Note to Mgóð Lv 1/2II.
Eiga ‘have’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
notes
[5] eiga (3rd pers. pl. pres. indic.) ‘have’: On the form eiga, earlier eigu, see ANG §532.4 and Bandle (1956, 423).
mier ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
notes
[5, 7] allir; ýtar ‘all; people’: Rask87ˣ has these words in the reverse order (ýtar (l. 5) and allir (l. 7)), which is also possible.
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
einskis ‘nothing’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
[6] einskis dyl: dyl einskis 603, nýt einskis Rask87ˣ
dyl ‘deny’
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dylja (verb; °dulði; dulðr/duliðr/dulinn (præs. sg. 3. pers. dyll Hirð 401²³, etc., dyl FrostKrᴵ 152¹⁹, etc.)): conceal
[6] einskis dyl: dyl einskis 603, nýt einskis Rask87ˣ
notes
[5, 7] allir; ýtar ‘all; people’: Rask87ˣ has these words in the reverse order (ýtar (l. 5) and allir (l. 7)), which is also possible.
oftliga ‘often’
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oftliga (adv.): [often]
ilt ‘bad deeds’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
launa ‘repay’
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launa (verb): reward
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[6]: As it stands in 603, ef eg dyl einskis ‘if I deny nothing’ (so also Kölbing 1876, CPB and Jón Þorkelsson 1888), the line is unmetrical because the main stave falls on the second lift (einskis ‘nothing’). That is also the case with the Rask87ˣ variant ef eg nýt einskis ‘if I enjoy nothing’ (so Páll Eggert Ólason 1947). The present edn follows Jón Þorkelsson (1922-7). The clause ‘if I deny nothing’ is somewhat obscure, but it must refer to the fox’s own discourse – he is confessing or bragging or some mixture of the two. The Rask87ˣ variant ‘if I enjoy nothing’ makes no sense in the context.
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