Hróksv Hrkv 4VIII (Hálf 54)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 54 (Hrókr inn svarti, Hrókskviða 4)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 348.
Höfðu ‘had’
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hafa (verb): have
vér ‘We’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
allir ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
hauk ‘of hawk-like’
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1. haukr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): hawk < haukmaðr (noun m.)
manna ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < haukmaðr (noun m.)
lið ‘a host’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
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[2] lið ‘a host’: Some eds (Hálf 1864, Edd. Min., Skj B, Skald) replace the ms. reading lið by lund ‘mind, temperament’, probably because there is an adj. hauklundaðr/hauklundr/hauklyndr ‘with a hawk-like temperament’ (see LP: hauklundaðr), but it is not necessary to emend to obtain good sense.
hvar ‘wherever’
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hvar (adv.): where
sem ‘’
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sem (conj.): as, which
fróð ‘the wise’
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fróðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): wise < fróðhugaðr (adj.): wise-minded
hugaðr ‘minded one’
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-hugaðr (adj.): -minded < fróðhugaðr (adj.): wise-minded
frama ‘luck’
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frami (noun m.): success
kostaði ‘tried’
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1. kosta (verb): try, strive
Gengum ‘went’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
vér ‘We’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
í ‘through’
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í (prep.): in, into
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[7-8] í gegnum öll níu fullstór fóstrlönd ‘through all nine vast homelands’: Here fullstór ‘vast’ is construed as a n. acc. pl. adj. agreeing with níu fóstrlönd ‘nine homelands’, as in Hálf 1864 and FSGJ. Other eds have emended one or both of these words because the line as it stands is hypometrical; Edd. Min. has fullstórir menn ‘very powerful men’, in apposition to vér ‘we’ (l. 5); Skj B has fullstórir ǫll, taking fullstórir with vér and ǫll with an emended folklǫnd (see below, Note to l. 8); Skald prints fullstórum ǫll, understanding fullstórum as ‘very powerfully’ (cf. NN §3192), while Hálf 1909 emends to fullstóra ǫld, which Andrews translates as durch die große welt ‘through the vast world’.
gegnum ‘’
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gegnum (prep.): through
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[7-8] í gegnum öll níu fullstór fóstrlönd ‘through all nine vast homelands’: Here fullstór ‘vast’ is construed as a n. acc. pl. adj. agreeing with níu fóstrlönd ‘nine homelands’, as in Hálf 1864 and FSGJ. Other eds have emended one or both of these words because the line as it stands is hypometrical; Edd. Min. has fullstórir menn ‘very powerful men’, in apposition to vér ‘we’ (l. 5); Skj B has fullstórir ǫll, taking fullstórir with vér and ǫll with an emended folklǫnd (see below, Note to l. 8); Skald prints fullstórum ǫll, understanding fullstórum as ‘very powerfully’ (cf. NN §3192), while Hálf 1909 emends to fullstóra ǫld, which Andrews translates as durch die große welt ‘through the vast world’.
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
grá ‘grey’
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grár (adj.; °gráan/grán): grey
hjálma ‘helmets’
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1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet
full ‘’
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2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete < fullstórr (adj.): [very powerful]
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[7-8] í gegnum öll níu fullstór fóstrlönd ‘through all nine vast homelands’: Here fullstór ‘vast’ is construed as a n. acc. pl. adj. agreeing with níu fóstrlönd ‘nine homelands’, as in Hálf 1864 and FSGJ. Other eds have emended one or both of these words because the line as it stands is hypometrical; Edd. Min. has fullstórir menn ‘very powerful men’, in apposition to vér ‘we’ (l. 5); Skj B has fullstórir ǫll, taking fullstórir with vér and ǫll with an emended folklǫnd (see below, Note to l. 8); Skald prints fullstórum ǫll, understanding fullstórum as ‘very powerfully’ (cf. NN §3192), while Hálf 1909 emends to fullstóra ǫld, which Andrews translates as durch die große welt ‘through the vast world’.
stór ‘vast’
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stórr (adj.): large, great < fullstórr (adj.): [very powerful]
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[7-8] í gegnum öll níu fullstór fóstrlönd ‘through all nine vast homelands’: Here fullstór ‘vast’ is construed as a n. acc. pl. adj. agreeing with níu fóstrlönd ‘nine homelands’, as in Hálf 1864 and FSGJ. Other eds have emended one or both of these words because the line as it stands is hypometrical; Edd. Min. has fullstórir menn ‘very powerful men’, in apposition to vér ‘we’ (l. 5); Skj B has fullstórir ǫll, taking fullstórir with vér and ǫll with an emended folklǫnd (see below, Note to l. 8); Skald prints fullstórum ǫll, understanding fullstórum as ‘very powerfully’ (cf. NN §3192), while Hálf 1909 emends to fullstóra ǫld, which Andrews translates as durch die große welt ‘through the vast world’.
öll ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
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[7-8] í gegnum öll níu fullstór fóstrlönd ‘through all nine vast homelands’: Here fullstór ‘vast’ is construed as a n. acc. pl. adj. agreeing with níu fóstrlönd ‘nine homelands’, as in Hálf 1864 and FSGJ. Other eds have emended one or both of these words because the line as it stands is hypometrical; Edd. Min. has fullstórir menn ‘very powerful men’, in apposition to vér ‘we’ (l. 5); Skj B has fullstórir ǫll, taking fullstórir with vér and ǫll with an emended folklǫnd (see below, Note to l. 8); Skald prints fullstórum ǫll, understanding fullstórum as ‘very powerfully’ (cf. NN §3192), while Hálf 1909 emends to fullstóra ǫld, which Andrews translates as durch die große welt ‘through the vast world’.
fóstr ‘home’
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fóstr (noun n.): foster- < fóstrland (noun n.): native land
notes
[7-8] í gegnum öll níu fullstór fóstrlönd ‘through all nine vast homelands’: Here fullstór ‘vast’ is construed as a n. acc. pl. adj. agreeing with níu fóstrlönd ‘nine homelands’, as in Hálf 1864 and FSGJ. Other eds have emended one or both of these words because the line as it stands is hypometrical; Edd. Min. has fullstórir menn ‘very powerful men’, in apposition to vér ‘we’ (l. 5); Skj B has fullstórir ǫll, taking fullstórir with vér and ǫll with an emended folklǫnd (see below, Note to l. 8); Skald prints fullstórum ǫll, understanding fullstórum as ‘very powerfully’ (cf. NN §3192), while Hálf 1909 emends to fullstóra ǫld, which Andrews translates as durch die große welt ‘through the vast world’. — [8] fóstrlönd ‘homelands’: Bugge’s emendation fólklönd, in which he is followed by Skj B and Skald, seems unnecessary; according to Fritzner: fóstrland, this noun is synonymous with fóstrjörð, which can simply mean ‘land’. Fóstrland is used in poetry in the sense ‘homeland, native land’; cf. Hharð Lv 10/6II, Anon Pl 55/2VII and Anon Líkn 33/4VII.
fóstr ‘home’
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fóstr (noun n.): foster- < fóstrland (noun n.): native land
notes
[7-8] í gegnum öll níu fullstór fóstrlönd ‘through all nine vast homelands’: Here fullstór ‘vast’ is construed as a n. acc. pl. adj. agreeing with níu fóstrlönd ‘nine homelands’, as in Hálf 1864 and FSGJ. Other eds have emended one or both of these words because the line as it stands is hypometrical; Edd. Min. has fullstórir menn ‘very powerful men’, in apposition to vér ‘we’ (l. 5); Skj B has fullstórir ǫll, taking fullstórir with vér and ǫll with an emended folklǫnd (see below, Note to l. 8); Skald prints fullstórum ǫll, understanding fullstórum as ‘very powerfully’ (cf. NN §3192), while Hálf 1909 emends to fullstóra ǫld, which Andrews translates as durch die große welt ‘through the vast world’. — [8] fóstrlönd ‘homelands’: Bugge’s emendation fólklönd, in which he is followed by Skj B and Skald, seems unnecessary; according to Fritzner: fóstrland, this noun is synonymous with fóstrjörð, which can simply mean ‘land’. Fóstrland is used in poetry in the sense ‘homeland, native land’; cf. Hharð Lv 10/6II, Anon Pl 55/2VII and Anon Líkn 33/4VII.
lönd ‘lands’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land < fóstrland (noun n.): native land
notes
[7-8] í gegnum öll níu fullstór fóstrlönd ‘through all nine vast homelands’: Here fullstór ‘vast’ is construed as a n. acc. pl. adj. agreeing with níu fóstrlönd ‘nine homelands’, as in Hálf 1864 and FSGJ. Other eds have emended one or both of these words because the line as it stands is hypometrical; Edd. Min. has fullstórir menn ‘very powerful men’, in apposition to vér ‘we’ (l. 5); Skj B has fullstórir ǫll, taking fullstórir with vér and ǫll with an emended folklǫnd (see below, Note to l. 8); Skald prints fullstórum ǫll, understanding fullstórum as ‘very powerfully’ (cf. NN §3192), while Hálf 1909 emends to fullstóra ǫld, which Andrews translates as durch die große welt ‘through the vast world’. — [8] fóstrlönd ‘homelands’: Bugge’s emendation fólklönd, in which he is followed by Skj B and Skald, seems unnecessary; according to Fritzner: fóstrland, this noun is synonymous with fóstrjörð, which can simply mean ‘land’. Fóstrland is used in poetry in the sense ‘homeland, native land’; cf. Hharð Lv 10/6II, Anon Pl 55/2VII and Anon Líkn 33/4VII.
lönd ‘lands’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land < fóstrland (noun n.): native land
notes
[7-8] í gegnum öll níu fullstór fóstrlönd ‘through all nine vast homelands’: Here fullstór ‘vast’ is construed as a n. acc. pl. adj. agreeing with níu fóstrlönd ‘nine homelands’, as in Hálf 1864 and FSGJ. Other eds have emended one or both of these words because the line as it stands is hypometrical; Edd. Min. has fullstórir menn ‘very powerful men’, in apposition to vér ‘we’ (l. 5); Skj B has fullstórir ǫll, taking fullstórir with vér and ǫll with an emended folklǫnd (see below, Note to l. 8); Skald prints fullstórum ǫll, understanding fullstórum as ‘very powerfully’ (cf. NN §3192), while Hálf 1909 emends to fullstóra ǫld, which Andrews translates as durch die große welt ‘through the vast world’. — [8] fóstrlönd ‘homelands’: Bugge’s emendation fólklönd, in which he is followed by Skj B and Skald, seems unnecessary; according to Fritzner: fóstrland, this noun is synonymous with fóstrjörð, which can simply mean ‘land’. Fóstrland is used in poetry in the sense ‘homeland, native land’; cf. Hharð Lv 10/6II, Anon Pl 55/2VII and Anon Líkn 33/4VII.
níu ‘nine’
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níu (num. cardinal): nine
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[7-8] í gegnum öll níu fullstór fóstrlönd ‘through all nine vast homelands’: Here fullstór ‘vast’ is construed as a n. acc. pl. adj. agreeing with níu fóstrlönd ‘nine homelands’, as in Hálf 1864 and FSGJ. Other eds have emended one or both of these words because the line as it stands is hypometrical; Edd. Min. has fullstórir menn ‘very powerful men’, in apposition to vér ‘we’ (l. 5); Skj B has fullstórir ǫll, taking fullstórir with vér and ǫll with an emended folklǫnd (see below, Note to l. 8); Skald prints fullstórum ǫll, understanding fullstórum as ‘very powerfully’ (cf. NN §3192), while Hálf 1909 emends to fullstóra ǫld, which Andrews translates as durch die große welt ‘through the vast world’.
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