RvHbreiðm Hl 38III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 38’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1046.
Vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
rǫnd ‘The shield-rim’
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rǫnd (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; rendr/randir): shield, shield-rim
roðin ‘reddened’
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rjóða (verb): to redden
riðu ‘swung’
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1. ríða (verb): ride
skelkingar ‘swords’
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skelkingr (noun m.): sword
notes
[2] skelkingar ‘swords’: Both mss read ‘scælkingar’, i.e. skelkingar, and the word occurs as a heiti for ‘sword’ in Þul Sverða 7/1 with the variant forms skelkvingr and skelkingr. Skj B reads skǫlkingar (most likely because Finnur Jónsson misread <æ> in R683ˣ as <ꜹ>). In Skald, Kock gives skølkvingar (SnE 1848, 242 has ‘skolkíngar’). For skelkingr, which may mean ‘fearsome one’, see Hl 1941 and Note to Arn Þorfdr 5/2II.
fellu ‘fell’
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falla (verb): fall
fyrðar ‘men’
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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
vápna ‘of weapons’
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vápn (noun n.; °-s; -): weapon
notes
[5] ôtu ‘ate’: The ms. form of this word (‘atto’) reflects a lack of u-umlaut (Norwegian) and the spelling <tt> for <t> (see Hl 1941, 106-9).
ernir ‘Eagles’
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1. ǫrn (noun m.; °arnar, dat. erni; ernir, acc. ǫrnu): eagle
jǫfurs ‘the prince’s’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
dolgum ‘enemies’
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dolgr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ar): enemy, battle
hreyfðusk ‘gloated’
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hreyfa (verb): gloat
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[7] hreyfðusk ‘gloated’: Lit. ‘puffed themselves up’. See also Sturl Hrafn 10/5II.
hrafnar ‘ravens’
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hrafn (noun m.; °hrafns; dat. hrafni; hrafnar): raven
of ‘above’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
hrækesti ‘the carrion-pile’
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hrækǫstr (noun m.): corpse-mound
[8] hrækesti: ‘rægkæste’ papp25ˣ, R683ˣ
notes
[8] hrækesti ‘the carrion-pile’: The spelling ‘rægkeste’ shows Norwegian loss of initial h- and the <g> is likely to be the result of hypercorrection (see Hl 1941, 101).
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As st. 37 above. In this stanza, ll. 1, 4, 6, and 8 have anacruses (Types C3, C2 and C1), and thus they, too, differ from Snorri’s version of the metre.
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