Hálfr Innkv 5VIII (Hálf 23)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 23 (Hálfr Hjǫrleifsson, Innsteinskviða 5)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 323.
Gefa ‘give’
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gefa (verb): give
mun ‘shall’
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munu (verb): will, must
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
hverjum ‘to each’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
hjálm ‘a helmet’
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1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet
[2] hjálm: ‘hiaml’ 2845
notes
[2] hjálm ok brynju ‘a helmet and a byrnie’: Bugge (Hálf 1864) emends the line to hjálm gullroðinn ‘gold-covered helmet’ because to his mind ok brynju is not consistent with the content of the second helmingr.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
notes
[2] hjálm ok brynju ‘a helmet and a byrnie’: Bugge (Hálf 1864) emends the line to hjálm gullroðinn ‘gold-covered helmet’ because to his mind ok brynju is not consistent with the content of the second helmingr.
brynju ‘a byrnie’
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1. brynja (noun f.; °-u (dat. brynnoni Gibb 38⁹); -ur): mailcoat
notes
[2] hjálm ok brynju ‘a helmet and a byrnie’: Bugge (Hálf 1864) emends the line to hjálm gullroðinn ‘gold-covered helmet’ because to his mind ok brynju is not consistent with the content of the second helmingr.
frækna ‘of the brave’
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frœkinn (adj.; °compar. frøknari, superl. frøknastr): bold
drengja ‘warriors’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
fylgja ‘follow’
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2. fylgja (verb): follow, accompany
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
at ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
líta ‘look’
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líta (verb): look, see; appear
sem ‘as if’
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sem (conj.): as, which
logi ‘a flame’
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logi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): flame
brenni ‘were burning’
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2. brenna (verb; °brennr/brenn; brann, brunnu; brunninn): (strong, intransitive)
skjöldungs ‘of the prince’s’
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skjǫldungr (noun m.): king
liði ‘host’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
um ‘around’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
notes
[8] um fjöllum skarar ‘around the mountains of hair [HEADS]’: The ms. reads of (prep.) ‘around’ rather than um, but has been normalised to a 1250-1300 standard. The kenning fjall skarar ‘mountain of hair’ for ‘head’ is also used in ESk Frag 2/4III; háfiall scarar ‘high mountain of hair’ for ‘head’ occurs in Hym 23/6 (NK 92).
skarar ‘of hair’
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skǫr (noun f.; °skarar; skarir): hair, planking
kennings
fjöllum skarar‘the mountains of hair ’
= HEADS
the mountains of hair → HEADS
notes
[8] um fjöllum skarar ‘around the mountains of hair [HEADS]’: The ms. reads of (prep.) ‘around’ rather than um, but has been normalised to a 1250-1300 standard. The kenning fjall skarar ‘mountain of hair’ for ‘head’ is also used in ESk Frag 2/4III; háfiall scarar ‘high mountain of hair’ for ‘head’ occurs in Hym 23/6 (NK 92).
fjöllum ‘the mountains’
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1. fjall (noun n.): mountain
kennings
fjöllum skarar‘the mountains of hair ’
= HEADS
the mountains of hair → HEADS
notes
[8] um fjöllum skarar ‘around the mountains of hair [HEADS]’: The ms. reads of (prep.) ‘around’ rather than um, but has been normalised to a 1250-1300 standard. The kenning fjall skarar ‘mountain of hair’ for ‘head’ is also used in ESk Frag 2/4III; háfiall scarar ‘high mountain of hair’ for ‘head’ occurs in Hym 23/6 (NK 92).
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See Hálf 21, Note to [All].
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