Marm Lv 7VIII (Hálf 12)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 12 (Marmennill, Lausavísur 7)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 314.
Kalt ‘Cold’
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kaldr (adj.; °compar. -ari): cold
vatn ‘water’
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vatn (noun n.; °-s; -*): water, lake
augum ‘for the eyes’
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auga (noun n.; °auga; augu/augun, gen. augna): eye
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
kvett ‘a piece of meat’
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kvett (noun n.)
notes
[2] kvett ‘a piece of meat’: There has been much discussion about the meaning of the word kvett: Konráð Gíslason (1866c) suggests the reading kveitt, p. p. of an otherwise unknown verb *kveita used as an adj. (attributive to the n. noun vatn ‘water’ in l. 1) meaning ‘lukewarm, tepid’. Both Skj B and Skald adopt the form kveitt, Finnur Jónsson translating it as kuldslåt ‘lukewarm’. Fritzner (1885) reads kvett as kvætt, explaining it as an otherwise unknown Old Norse noun denoting ‘resin, tree-gum’ (ModDan. kvade) allegedly chewed by people in Scandinavia in the old days; Konráð Gíslason (1885) is mainly a reply to Fritzner’s criticism of Konráð Gíslason (1866c). Eiríkr Magnússon (1895) points out that in Modern Icelandic there is a noun kvetti ‘lean whale meat’ and suggests the meaning ‘piece of (whale) meat’ for kvett.
tönnum ‘for the teeth’
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tǫnn (noun f.; °tannar; tenn/tennr/tennar): tooth
lérept ‘linen’
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léreft (noun n.; °-s; -): °lærred, linned, ?tøj; (som betalingsmiddel); (om indbinding)
líki ‘for the body’
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1. lík (noun n.; °-s; -): body, shape
lát ‘put’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
mik ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
aptr ‘back’
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aptr (adv.; °compar. -ar): back
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
sjó ‘the sea’
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sjór (noun m.): sea
Dregr ‘will pull’
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2. draga (verb; °dregr; dró, drógu; dreginn/droget(Hirð NKS 1642 4° 146v²⁹; cf. [$962$])): drag, pull, draw
mik ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
engi ‘No’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
í ‘by’
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í (prep.): in, into
degi ‘daylight’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
síðan ‘then’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
maðr ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
upp ‘up’
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upp (adv.): up
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
skip ‘a ship’
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skip (noun n.; °-s; -): ship
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
mara ‘of the ocean’
botnum ‘the depths’
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botn (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): bottom < marabotn (noun m.)
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The stanza is preceded by the words: Þá tók einn maðr í hönd honum ok spurði: Hvat er manni bezt? Marmendill svarar … ‘Then a man took him by the hand and asked: What is best for a man? The merman replies …’. The stanza is followed by the words: Kóngr gaf þeim Handi ok Hrindi land at búa á ok þar með þræl ok ambátt ‘The king gave Handir and Hrindir land to farm and with it a slave and a bondwoman’.
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