Innsteinn Innkv 10VIII (Hálf 30)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 30 (Innsteinn Gunnlaðarson, Innsteinskviða 10)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 328.
Hins ‘’
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2. inn (art.): the
fýsi ‘advise’
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fýsi (noun f.): urge, desire
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
nú ‘Now’
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nú (adv.): now
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
Hálfr ‘Hálfr’
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Hálfr (noun m.): Hálfr
vaki ‘should wake up’
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4. vaka (verb): awaken
notes
[2] vaki ‘should wake up’: Cf. Anon Bjark 1/5III vaki æ ok vaki ‘wake now and wake’. This is one of the rare instances, where the verb vaka ‘be awake’ has the meaning of the inchoative verb vakna ‘awaken, wake up’. See Fritzner: vaka, vakna.
er ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
notes
[3] er ‘are’: Lit. ‘is’. The subject of the verb (eldar ‘fires’) is pl., but the verb sg. It is not uncommon for the sg. of the 3rd pers. to be used with a pl. subject if the subject follows the verb or is separated from it by several words, as here; cf. NS §66 Anm. 3.
ekki ‘not’
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2. ekki (adv.): not
af ‘’
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af (prep.): from
notes
[3] af eklu ‘scantily’: Lit. ‘from scarcity’. That is, there are a great many fires around.
eklu ‘scantily’
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ekl (adj.): lacking
notes
[3] af eklu ‘scantily’: Lit. ‘from scarcity’. That is, there are a great many fires around.
eldar ‘the fires’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
Áttu ‘have to’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
men ‘necklace’
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2. men (noun n.; °; dat. menjum): neck-ring < menbrjótr (noun m.): [necklace-breaker]
kennings
menbrjótr,‘necklace-breaker, ’
= GENEROUS RULER
necklace-breaker, → GENEROUS RULER
brjótr ‘breaker’
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brjótr (noun m.): breaker < menbrjótr (noun m.): [necklace-breaker]
kennings
menbrjótr,‘necklace-breaker, ’
= GENEROUS RULER
necklace-breaker, → GENEROUS RULER
mági ‘kinsman’
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mágr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): brother-, father-, or son-in-law
þínum ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
grimmlunduðum ‘cruel-minded’
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grimmlundaðr (adj.)
gjafir ‘gifts’
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gjǫf (noun f.): gift
at ‘for his’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
launa ‘reward’
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launa (verb): reward
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On the discrepancy between this stanza and the prose text, see Hálf 29, Note to [All]. — [5-8]: This helmingr is bitterly ironic in view of Hálfr’s protestations in part 1 of Innkv that Ásmundr, his cruel-minded kinsman, was acting generously and peacefully in inviting him and the Hálfsrekkar to a feast.
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