Útsteinn Lv 1VIII (Hálf 38)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 38 (Útsteinn Gunnlaðarson, Lausavísa 1)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 334.
Hitt ‘This’
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2. inn (art.): the
hlægir ‘laugh’
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hlœgja (verb): make laugh
mik ‘makes me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
helzt ‘especially’
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heldr (adv.): rather
í ‘about’
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í (prep.): in, into
máli ‘the matter’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
notes
[3, 4] mun … sofa ‘will … be dormant’: Lit. ‘will sleep’. The threat expressed in these lines suggests that Útsteinn is plotting vengeance against Ásmundr, though no known poetic account of this action exists.
ekki ‘not’
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2. ekki (adv.): not
Ásmundi ‘for Ásmundr’
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ásmundr (noun m.; °; -ar): Ásmundr
öll ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
vá ‘danger’
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1. vá (noun f.; °vár): woe, harm
sofa ‘be dormant’
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sofa (verb): sleep
notes
[3, 4] mun … sofa ‘will … be dormant’: Lit. ‘will sleep’. The threat expressed in these lines suggests that Útsteinn is plotting vengeance against Ásmundr, though no known poetic account of this action exists.
Þrír ‘Three’
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þrír (num. cardinal): three
kennings
Þrír synir Eynefs‘Three sons of Eynefr ’
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Three sons of Eynefr → SEAFARERS
notes
[7] þrír synir Eynefs ‘three sons of Eynefr <sea-king> [SEAFARERS]’: A sea-king name, taking the various forms Eynefr, Eynæfir or Eynefir occurs in Þul Sækonunga 2/1III and as the determinant in kennings for ‘ship’, like Bragi Þórr 2/3III; see Meissner 220 and Finnur Jónsson (1934-5, 292). It is not clear which three seafarers (i.e. warriors) are referred to here, but the most likely are Útsteinn’s brother Innsteinn, King Hálfr himself and Hrókr inn hvíti, the only ones of the Hálfsrekkar mentioned by name in Innkv.
eru ‘have’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
fallnir ‘fallen’
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falla (verb): fall
af ‘of’
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af (prep.): from
liði ‘host’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
Eynefs ‘of Eynefr’
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Eynefr (noun m.): Eynefr
kennings
Þrír synir Eynefs‘Three sons of Eynefr ’
= SEAFARERS
Three sons of Eynefr → SEAFARERS
notes
[7] þrír synir Eynefs ‘three sons of Eynefr <sea-king> [SEAFARERS]’: A sea-king name, taking the various forms Eynefr, Eynæfir or Eynefir occurs in Þul Sækonunga 2/1III and as the determinant in kennings for ‘ship’, like Bragi Þórr 2/3III; see Meissner 220 and Finnur Jónsson (1934-5, 292). It is not clear which three seafarers (i.e. warriors) are referred to here, but the most likely are Útsteinn’s brother Innsteinn, King Hálfr himself and Hrókr inn hvíti, the only ones of the Hálfsrekkar mentioned by name in Innkv.
synir ‘sons’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
kennings
Þrír synir Eynefs‘Three sons of Eynefr ’
= SEAFARERS
Three sons of Eynefr → SEAFARERS
notes
[7] þrír synir Eynefs ‘three sons of Eynefr <sea-king> [SEAFARERS]’: A sea-king name, taking the various forms Eynefr, Eynæfir or Eynefir occurs in Þul Sækonunga 2/1III and as the determinant in kennings for ‘ship’, like Bragi Þórr 2/3III; see Meissner 220 and Finnur Jónsson (1934-5, 292). It is not clear which three seafarers (i.e. warriors) are referred to here, but the most likely are Útsteinn’s brother Innsteinn, King Hálfr himself and Hrókr inn hvíti, the only ones of the Hálfsrekkar mentioned by name in Innkv.
en ‘yet’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
einn ‘one’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
lifir ‘lives’
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lifa (verb): live
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This stanza is preceded by a prose paragraph: Útsteinn was staying with King Eysteinn of Denmark, whose counsellor Úlfr inn rauði ‘the Red’ had eight boisterous sons. They envied Útsteinn and treated him badly, so a dispute arose. First, though, Útsteinn told of King Hálfr’s death. The stanza is introduced by the words: Hann kvað þá ‘He then said’.
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