Útsteinn Innkv 1VIII (Hálf 27)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 27 (Útsteinn Gunnlaðarson, Innsteinskviða 1)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 326.
Konung ‘king’
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kóngr (noun m.): king
látum ‘will let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
vér ‘We’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
keppinn ‘the contentious’
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keppinn (adj./verb p.p.): [contentious]
ráða ‘decide’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
notes
[3] fyrr í fólki ‘at the head of the host’: Editors print either fyrr í fólki (Hálf 1909) or fyrir í fólki (Skj B, Skald, Edd. Min.). The reading of ‘fyrí folki’ in 2845 as fyrr í fólki is supported by the fact that in the Hálfs saga text in 2845 there are two more instances where fyrr is written ‘fyr’; see P. B. Taylor (1965) for a similar phrase, fyrstr í fólki, in HHund I 53/7 (NK 138) and Hálf (1981, 119).
notes
[3] fyrr í fólki ‘at the head of the host’: Editors print either fyrr í fólki (Hálf 1909) or fyrir í fólki (Skj B, Skald, Edd. Min.). The reading of ‘fyrí folki’ in 2845 as fyrr í fólki is supported by the fact that in the Hálfs saga text in 2845 there are two more instances where fyrr is written ‘fyr’; see P. B. Taylor (1965) for a similar phrase, fyrstr í fólki, in HHund I 53/7 (NK 138) and Hálf (1981, 119).
notes
[3] fyrr í fólki ‘at the head of the host’: Editors print either fyrr í fólki (Hálf 1909) or fyrir í fólki (Skj B, Skald, Edd. Min.). The reading of ‘fyrí folki’ in 2845 as fyrr í fólki is supported by the fact that in the Hálfs saga text in 2845 there are two more instances where fyrr is written ‘fyr’; see P. B. Taylor (1965) for a similar phrase, fyrstr í fólki, in HHund I 53/7 (NK 138) and Hálf (1981, 119).
um ‘about’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
farir ‘journeys’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
várar ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
Hættum ‘risk’
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2. hætta (verb): risk
honum ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
líki ‘as to please’
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4. líka (verb): please
fjörvi ‘lives’
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fjǫr (noun n.): life
okkru ‘our’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
frömum ‘the valiant’
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framr (adj.; °compar. framari/fremri, superl. framastr/fremstr): outstanding, foremost
vísi ‘leader’
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vísi (noun m.; °-a): leader
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