Innsteinn Innkv 5VIII (Hálf 22)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 22 (Innsteinn Gunnlaðarson, Innsteinskviða 5)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 322.
Enn ‘again’
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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again
dreymði ‘dreamed’
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dreyma (verb; °-mð-): dream
mik ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
öðru ‘a second’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
sinni ‘time’
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2. sinn (noun n.; °?dat. -): time
hugða ‘thought’
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
notes
[3] á öxlum ‘on the shoulders [of our men]’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) interprets the phrase to refer to Innsteinn’s own shoulders, but this seems a less likely interpretation than one that envisages fire affecting the whole group of men (cf. st. 21/6 öðlings vinum ‘the prince’s friends’).
öxlum ‘the shoulders’
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ǫxl (noun f.; °axlar, dat. -u; axlir): shoulder
notes
[3] á öxlum ‘on the shoulders [of our men]’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) interprets the phrase to refer to Innsteinn’s own shoulders, but this seems a less likely interpretation than one that envisages fire affecting the whole group of men (cf. st. 21/6 öðlings vinum ‘the prince’s friends’).
elda ‘fires’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
brenna ‘were burning’
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2. brenna (verb; °brennr/brenn; brann, brunnu; brunninn): (strong, intransitive)
Gruna ‘doubtful’
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1. gruna (verb): suspect
tek ‘am becoming’
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2. taka (verb): take
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
nökkut ‘rather’
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nøkkurr (pron.): some, a certain
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
gott ‘is a good’
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góðr (adj.): good
viti ‘omen’
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viti (noun m.; °-a; -ar): beacon, marker
hvat ‘what do’
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hvat (pron.): what
kveðr ‘say’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
[7] kveðr: ‘kuad’ 2845
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
þengill ‘king’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
þann ‘that’
[8] þann: om. 2845
draum ‘dream’
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draumr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): dream
vita ‘means’
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1. vita (verb): know
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