Úlfrauð Útkv 1VIII (Hálf 40)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 40 (Úlfr inn rauði, Útsteinskviða 1)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 336.
Yðr ‘For you’
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ér (pron.; °gen. yðvar/yðar, dat./acc. yðr): you
munu ‘will be’
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munu (verb): will, must
dauðar ‘dead’
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2. dauðr (adj.): dead
[1] dauðar: ‘daud ar’ with a small hole in the parchment between ‘daud’ and ‘ar’ 2845
dísir ‘dísir’
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dís (noun f.; °; -ir): dís, woman
allar ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
heill ‘luck’
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1. heill (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): good fortune
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[3] heill ‘luck’: The idea that some individuals were favoured by luck or good fortune was a commonplace of Old Norse literature, and is expressed both in poetry as well as in prose sagas (cf. Hallberg 1973). In Útkv 9/5-8 (Hálf 50), Útsteinn attributes his success in life to Óðinn.
kveð ‘say’
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kveða (verb; kveð, kvað, kveðinn): (str.) say, recite, sing
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
horfna ‘has’
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horfna (verb)
frá ‘deserted’
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frá (prep.): from
rekkum ‘champions’
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rekkr (noun m.; °; -ar): man, champion
Dreymði ‘dreamed’
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dreyma (verb; °-mð-): dream
mik ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
í ‘this’
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í (prep.): in, into
morgin ‘morning’
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morginn (noun m.; °morgins, dat. morgni; morgnar): morning
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
megir ‘sons’
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mǫgr (noun m.; °; megir, acc. mǫgu): son, boy
várir ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
efri ‘would’
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efri (adj. comp.; °superl. efstr/øfstr (eft- [$1653$] 13r²³, etc.)): higher, highest
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[7] yrði efri ‘would prevail’: Lit. ‘would become uppermost’. Cf. Hálf 42/1.
yrði ‘prevail’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
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[7] yrði efri ‘would prevail’: Lit. ‘would become uppermost’. Cf. Hálf 42/1.
hvar ‘wherever’
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hvar (adv.): where
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
vér ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
mættuz ‘should meet’
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mœta (verb): meet
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