Hálfr Innkv 1VIII (Hálf 15)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 15 (Hálfr Hjǫrleifsson, Innsteinskviða 1)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 318.
Vér ‘We’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
skulum ‘shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
hálfir ‘half’
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halfr (adj.): half
herjar ‘host’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
þessa ‘of this’
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1. sjá (pron.; °gen. þessa dat. þessum/þeima, acc. þenna; f. sjá/þessi; n. þetta, dat. þessu/þvísa; pl. þessir): this
sáttir ‘on good terms’
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sáttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): reconciled, at peace
sækja ‘go’
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sœkja (verb): seek, attack
frá ‘from’
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frá (prep.): from
sjó ‘the sea’
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sjór (noun m.): sea
neðan ‘up’
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neðan (adv.): (from) below, beneath
Ásmundr ‘Ásmundr’
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ásmundr (noun m.; °; -ar): Ásmundr
hefir ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
oss ‘us’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
um ‘’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
boðna ‘offered’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
hringa ‘rings’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword
rauða ‘red’
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rauðr (adj.; °compar. -ari): red
sem ‘which’
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sem (conj.): as, which
hafa ‘to have’
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hafa (verb): have
viljum ‘we want’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
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