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Innsteinn Innkv 8VIII (Hálf 28)

Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 28 (Innsteinn Gunnlaðarson, Innsteinskviða 8)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 326.

Innsteinn GunnlaðarsonInnsteinskviða
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Hlítt ‘trusted’

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2. hlíta (verb): [endure]

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hefir ‘has’

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hafa (verb): have

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fylkir ‘The prince’

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fylkir (noun m.): leader

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í ‘while’

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í (prep.): in, into

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förum ‘on journeys’

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fǫr (noun f.): journey, fate; movement

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úti ‘out at sea’

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úti (adv.): out, outdoors, out at sea, abroad

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mínum ‘my’

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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my

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mörgu ‘many’

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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many

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sinni ‘times’

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2. sinn (noun n.; °?dat. -): time

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‘Now’

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nú (adv.): now

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öngu ‘to anything’

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2. engi (pron.): no, none

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er ‘’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

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mæli ‘say’

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1. mæla (verb): speak, say

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hlýða ‘to listen’

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2. hlýða (verb): hear, listen; be able

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vilja ‘unwilling’

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vili (noun m.; °-ja): will, wish

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sízt ‘since’

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sízt (conj.): [since]

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hingat ‘here’

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hingat (adv.): (to) here

notes

[8] hingat ‘here’: The line is málaháttr and hypermetrical but can be regularised by adopting the alternative form higat, as is done in Edd. Min., Skj B and Skald.

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kómum ‘we have come’

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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come

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