Hálfr Innkv 4VIII (Hálf 21)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 21 (Hálfr Hjǫrleifsson, Innsteinskviða 4)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 321.
Hrynja ‘fall’
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hrynja (verb): fall, flow
um ‘around’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
herðar ‘the shoulders’
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herðr (noun f.; °-ar(Thom² 447¹³); -ar): shoulder
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
hamalt ‘draw up’
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hamall (adj.): wedge-shaped
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[2] fylkja hamalt ‘draw up in a wedge-shaped phalanx’: The word hamalt occcurs only in the idiomatic expression fylkja hamalt, see LP: 1. hamall. In the ms. fylkja is written fylgía; see further Hálf 67/5, where fylkti is written fylgdí; see Note to ÞjóðA Run 1/4II. Óðinn was reputed to have taught warriors how to fylkja hamalt (Beck 1998).
fylkja ‘in a wedge-shaped phalanx’
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fylkja (verb): marshal
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[2] fylkja hamalt ‘draw up in a wedge-shaped phalanx’: The word hamalt occcurs only in the idiomatic expression fylkja hamalt, see LP: 1. hamall. In the ms. fylkja is written fylgía; see further Hálf 67/5, where fylkti is written fylgdí; see Note to ÞjóðA Run 1/4II. Óðinn was reputed to have taught warriors how to fylkja hamalt (Beck 1998).
grams ‘the prince’s’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
verðungu ‘retinue’
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verðung (noun f.): troop, retinue
gyldnar ‘Gilded’
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gyldinn (adj./verb p.p.)
brynjur ‘byrnies’
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1. brynja (noun f.; °-u (dat. brynnoni Gibb 38⁹); -ur): mailcoat
Þat ‘’
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[5, 7] þat mun ljóst at líta ‘a brightness will be clearly seen’: Lit. ‘It will be bright to look at’.
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
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[5, 7] þat mun ljóst at líta ‘a brightness will be clearly seen’: Lit. ‘It will be bright to look at’.
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
öxlum ‘the shoulders’
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ǫxl (noun f.; °axlar, dat. -u; axlir): shoulder
öðlings ‘of the prince’s’
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ǫðlingr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
vinum ‘friends’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
ljóst ‘be clearly seen’
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ljóss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
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[5, 7] þat mun ljóst at líta ‘a brightness will be clearly seen’: Lit. ‘It will be bright to look at’.
at ‘A’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
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[5, 7] þat mun ljóst at líta ‘a brightness will be clearly seen’: Lit. ‘It will be bright to look at’.
líta ‘brightness’
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líta (verb): look, see; appear
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[5, 7] þat mun ljóst at líta ‘a brightness will be clearly seen’: Lit. ‘It will be bright to look at’.
sem ‘as if’
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sem (conj.): as, which
logi ‘a flame’
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log (noun n.; °; -): flame
brenni ‘were burning’
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2. brenna (verb; °brennr/brenn; brann, brunnu; brunninn): (strong, intransitive)
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This stanza is introduced by the words: kóngr kvað ‘the king said’.
Following a suggestion by Svend Grundtvig, Bugge (Hálf 1864) altered the ms. sequence of stanzas at this point, interchanging Hálf 23 and Hálf 21. This change of sequence has been followed by all subsequent eds aside from Hálf 1981 and the present edn, which follow the ms. order.
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