Hildibrandr Lv 2VIII (Ásm 2)
Peter Jorgensen (ed.) 2017, ‘Ásmundar saga kappabana 2 (Hildibrandr, Lausavísur 2)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 17.
Tveir ‘two’
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tveir (num. cardinal): two
váru ‘were’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
þeir ‘They’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
notes
[2] tír*ar- ‘for fame’: The ms. reads ‘tyrvar’, which does not correspond to a known Old Norse word. Most eds emend. Kock (FF §32), drawing on the parallel phrase tírargjarn ‘eager for glory’ (Hfr Óldr 6/8I), offers the emendation to tírar ‘for fame’ adopted here.
gjarnir ‘eager’
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gjarn (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): eager
notes
[2] tír*ar- ‘for fame’: The ms. reads ‘tyrvar’, which does not correspond to a known Old Norse word. Most eds emend. Kock (FF §32), drawing on the parallel phrase tírargjarn ‘eager for glory’ (Hfr Óldr 6/8I), offers the emendation to tírar ‘for fame’ adopted here.
Buðlanautar ‘treasures of Buðli <legendary king>’
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buðlanautr (noun m.)
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
brotinn ‘broken’
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brjóta (verb; °brýtr; braut, brutu; brotinn): to break, destroy
annarr ‘one’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
Svá ‘’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
höfðu ‘had’
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hafa (verb): have
dvergar ‘Dwarfs’
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dvergr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): dwarf
dauðir ‘dead’
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2. dauðr (adj.): dead
smíðat ‘forged’
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smíða (verb): craft
sem ‘in such a way’
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sem (conj.): as, which
engi ‘no one’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
mun ‘could’
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munu (verb): will, must
áðr ‘before’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
né ‘or’
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né (conj.): nor
síðan ‘since’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
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The reference is to two swords, forged by Alíus and Olíus, two dwarfs who visit King Buðli and who each fashion a sword for him. The king finds fault with that of Olíus and commands him to make another. Olíus does so and predicts that it will bring death to the king’s grandsons, whereupon the dwarfs disappear.
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