Eyv Hák 12I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Eyvindr skáldaspillir Finnsson, Hákonarmál 12’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 186.
Hví ‘Why’
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hví (adv.): why
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
svá ‘thus’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
gunni ‘the battle’
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gunnr (noun f.): battle
Hákun ‘’
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Hákon (noun m.): Hákon
kvað ‘’
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kveða (verb; kveð, kvað, kveðinn): (str.) say, recite, sing
skiptir ‘decide’
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skipta (verb): share, divide, exchange
gær ‘’
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gær (adv.): [Yesterday]
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
Geir ‘Spear’
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geirr (noun m.): spear < geirskǫgul (noun f.): geirskǫgul
[2] Geir‑: í gær J1ˣ, J2ˣ
Skǫgul ‘Skǫgul’
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Skǫgul (noun f.): Skǫgul < geirskǫgul (noun f.): geirskǫgul
vorrum ‘’
órum ‘we were [I was]’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
[3] órum (‘vǫrum’): ‘vorrum’ F
þó ‘though’
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þó (adv.): though
verðir ‘worthy’
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3. verðr (adj.): worth, worthy
gagns ‘of victory’
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1. gagn (noun n.): victory
frá ‘from’
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frá (prep.): from
goðum ‘the gods’
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goð (noun n.): (pagan) god
Vér ‘We’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
Skǫgul ‘’
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Skǫgul (noun f.): Skǫgul
kvað ‘’
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kveða (verb; kveð, kvað, kveðinn): (str.) say, recite, sing
es ‘that’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
velli ‘the field’
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vǫllr (noun m.; °vallar, dat. velli; vellir acc. vǫllu/velli): plain, field
hellzt ‘’
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heldr (adv.): rather
hellz ‘’
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heldr (adv.): rather
notes
[5] helt ‘held’: The mss all point to refl. helzk ‘stayed’, adopted by a few eds (e.g. Lindquist 1929, 14), though it gives poor sense in the present context.
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
þínir ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
fíandmenn ‘’
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fjándmaðr (noun m.): enemy
fíandr ‘enemies’
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fjándi (noun m.; °-a; fjándr/fjándar/fjándir): enemy, devil
[6] fíandr: fíandmenn F
flugu ‘fled’
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fljúga (verb): fly
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As for st. 1.
The speaker of ll. 1-3 is Hákon, that of ll. 4-6 Skǫgul. The speakers are identified in the mss, except that Hákon is not identified in Kˣ, but the identifications are omitted from the Text here since they are extrametrical, as is also the case in Anon Eirm: see Introduction. However, other identifications in this poem are not extrametrical and thus must remain in the text: see Note to st. 10/1. Hákon’s question shows that he does not regard the battle as a victory (due to his death soon after). The valkyrie’s reply corrects him.
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