Útsteinn Útkv 8VIII (Hálf 49)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 49 (Útsteinn Gunnlaðarson, Útsteinskviða 8)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 343.
Alla ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
mundak ‘I would’
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1. muna (verb): remember
notes
[1] mundak ‘I would’: The ms. has the uncliticised munda ek, which makes the line unmetrical. The cliticised form has therefore been restored here.
Eysteins ‘of Eysteinn’
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Eysteinn (noun m.): Eysteinn
liða ‘the followers’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
sverði ‘with a sword’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
beita ‘strike’
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2. beita (verb; °-tt-): beat, tack
at ‘in’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
sömu ‘the same’
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samr (adj.; °compar. -ari): same
hófi ‘way’
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2. hóf (noun n.; °-s; gen. -a): moderation, reason
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
mér ‘’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
þarfir ‘need’
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þǫrf (noun f.; °þarfar; þarfar/þarfir): need
verks ‘an action’
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verk (noun n.; °-s; -): deed
sæi ‘saw’
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2. sjá (verb): see
eða ‘or there’
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eða (conj.): or
ilt ‘hostility’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
með ‘between’
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með (prep.): with
oss ‘us’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
áðr ‘before’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
um ‘’
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2. um (particle): (particle)
væri ‘had been’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
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