SnSt Ht 99III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Snorri Sturluson, Háttatal 99’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1207.
’ró ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
jǫfrar ‘princes’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
alvitrastir ‘the very wisest’
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alvitr (noun f.): [very wisest]
hringum ‘to rings’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword
hæztir ‘the most dangerous’
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hættr (adj.; °compar. -ari/-ri, superl. -astr): dangerous
hugrakkastir ‘the most courageous of heart’
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hugrakkr (adj.): brave-minded
vellum ‘to gold’
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vell (noun n.): gold
verstir ‘the worst’
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verri (adj. comp.): worse, worst
vígdjarfastir ‘the most battle-brave’
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vígdjarfr (adj.): battle-bold
hirð ‘to the retinue’
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hirð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(FskB 53)): retinue
hollastir ‘the most loyal’
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hollr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): loyal
happi ‘to good fortune’
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happ (noun n.; °-s; *-): fortune, luck
næstir ‘the closest’
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nærri (adj. comp.; °superl. nǽstr): near, nearer, next
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The stanza is given directly after st. 98 above without intervening prose and there is no heading. The metre is fornyrðislag (see Ht 96) with approximate end-rhymes extending through ll. 2-8. The odd lines (with the exception of l. 1, which is Type A3) have two alliterating staves (Type A1), and the even lines have alliteration in position 1 (Types D1 (ll. 2, 4, 6) and A2 (l. 8)).
In terms of the placement of alliterating staves, this stanza corresponds to the sample stanza (StarkSt Frag) given in TGT (TGT 1884, 68) as an example of bálkarlag.
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