Innsteinn Innkv 12VIII (Hálf 32)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 32 (Innsteinn Gunnlaðarson, Innsteinskviða 12)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 329.
Hart ‘fast’
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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh
skulum ‘We shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
ganga ‘go’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hliða ‘give way’
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hliða (verb)
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[2] hliða ekki * ‘not give way’: The ms.’s hliða við ‘give way’ is the only recorded instance of this verb being used with the prep. við in Old Norse, and most eds (except Hálf 1981) have omitted it, as is done here. The omission restores the line to metrical regularity.
ekki ‘not’
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2. ekki (adv.): not
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[2] hliða ekki * ‘not give way’: The ms.’s hliða við ‘give way’ is the only recorded instance of this verb being used with the prep. við in Old Norse, and most eds (except Hálf 1981) have omitted it, as is done here. The omission restores the line to metrical regularity.
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[2] hliða ekki * ‘not give way’: The ms.’s hliða við ‘give way’ is the only recorded instance of this verb being used with the prep. við in Old Norse, and most eds (except Hálf 1981) have omitted it, as is done here. The omission restores the line to metrical regularity.
verðr ‘has’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
vísis ‘the prince’s’
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1. vísir (noun m.): [king, ruler]
lið ‘troop’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
vega ‘fight’
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1. vega (verb): strike, slay
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
söxum ‘swords’
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2. sax (noun n.; °-; *-): sword, prow
Þeir ‘They’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
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[5] þeir sjálfir ‘they themselves’: This must refer to the enemies of the Hálfsrekkar, i.e. Ásmundr and his men.
skulu ‘shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
sjálfir ‘themselves’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
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[5] þeir sjálfir ‘they themselves’: This must refer to the enemies of the Hálfsrekkar, i.e. Ásmundr and his men.
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
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[6] á sér ‘on their bodies’: Lit. ‘on themselves’.
sér ‘their bodies’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
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[6] á sér ‘on their bodies’: Lit. ‘on themselves’.
bera ‘bear’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
blóðgar ‘bloody’
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blóðigr (adj.; °blóðgan/blóðugan (f. dat. sg. bloðre Gulᴵ 82³⁴)): bloody
benjar ‘wounds’
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1. ben (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -; -jar , gen. -a(var. EiðKrC 402¹³: AM 77 4° D)): wound
áðr ‘before’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
braki ‘the din’
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brak (noun n.): clash, noise
létti ‘ceases’
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létta (verb): to relieve, lighten
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