Innsteinn Innkv 14VIII (Hálf 34)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 34 (Innsteinn Gunnlaðarson, Innsteinskviða 14)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 331.
Hér ‘Here’
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hér (adv.): here
sá ‘saw’
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2. sjá (verb): see
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
alla ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
einum ‘one man’
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1. einn (num. cardinal; °f. ein, n. eitt; pl. einir; superl. debil. -asti(Anna238(2001) 155³²)): one; alone
fylgja ‘followed’
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2. fylgja (verb): follow, accompany
jafnröskliga ‘with equal bravery’
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jafnrǫskliga (adv.)
öðlings ‘of a prince’
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ǫðlingr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
kennings
syni öðlings,‘the son of a prince, ’
= PRINCE = Hálfr
the son of a prince, → PRINCE = Hálfr
notes
[4] syni öðlings ‘the son of a prince [PRINCE = Hálfr]’: Meissner 360 lists the kenning sonr öðlings among those which emphasise a ruler’s princely descent; cf. also SkP I, lxxix. Andrews (Hálf 1909, 110), who interprets syni as acc. pl., matching alla in l. 1, translates alla syni öðlings as alle krieger ‘all warriors’. In this case, the meaning of the kenning sonr öðlings would be ‘warrior’.
syni ‘the son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
kennings
syni öðlings,‘the son of a prince, ’
= PRINCE = Hálfr
the son of a prince, → PRINCE = Hálfr
notes
[4] syni öðlings ‘the son of a prince [PRINCE = Hálfr]’: Meissner 360 lists the kenning sonr öðlings among those which emphasise a ruler’s princely descent; cf. also SkP I, lxxix. Andrews (Hálf 1909, 110), who interprets syni as acc. pl., matching alla in l. 1, translates alla syni öðlings as alle krieger ‘all warriors’. In this case, the meaning of the kenning sonr öðlings would be ‘warrior’.
Hittumz ‘May we meet’
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hitta (verb): meet, encounter
notes
[5] hittumz heilir ‘may we meet happily’: Lit. ‘May we meet happy’. See Hálf 31/1 and Note.
heilir ‘happily’
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3. heill (adj.; °heilan; compar. heilli, superl. -astr/-str): healthy, hale, hail
notes
[5] hittumz heilir ‘may we meet happily’: Lit. ‘May we meet happy’. See Hálf 31/1 and Note.
þá ‘when’
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2. þá (adv.): then
heðan ‘from here’
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heðan (adv.): hence, from this place
líðum ‘we pass’
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1. líða (verb): move, glide
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
léttara ‘easier’
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léttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): easy, light
líf ‘life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
en ‘than’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
dauði ‘death’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
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This stanza is preceded by a short prose passage. Having managed to get out of the fire, Hálfr and his band succumb to their enemies and are slain. The stanza is introduced by the words: Innsteinn kvað, er kóngr var fallinn … ‘Innsteinn said, when the king had fallen …’.
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