Hróksv Hrkv 5VIII (Hálf 55)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 55 (Hrókr inn svarti, Hrókskviða 5)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 348.
Hálf ‘Hálfr’
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Halfr (noun m.): Hálfr
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
höggva ‘strike’
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hǫggva (verb): to strike, put to death, cut, hew
höndum ‘hands’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
báðum ‘with both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
hafði ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
ekki ‘did not’
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2. ekki (adv.): not
hilmir ‘the prince’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
hlíf ‘a protecting’
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hlíf (noun f.; °-ar; -ar): shield, defence < hlífskjǫldr (noun m.)
skjöld ‘shield’
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skjǫldr (noun m.; °skjaldar/skildar, dat. skildi; skildir, acc. skjǫldu): shield < hlífskjǫldr (noun m.)
fyrir ‘before’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
sér ‘himself’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
Finnr ‘will find’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
engi ‘No’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
maðr ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
fari ‘he travel’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
víða ‘widely’
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1. víða (adv.): widely
hæfra ‘a braver’
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hæfr (adj.): splendid
hjarta ‘heart’
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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hug ‘’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage < hugprúðr (adj.): proud
prúðara ‘nobler’
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prúðr (adj.; °superl. -astr): magnificent, proud < hugprúðr (adj.): proud
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[1-4]: The statement that Hálfr made no use of a shield and struck with both hands indicates his boldness bordering on foolhardiness (cf. the criticism parried in st. 56) in giving up the protection of a shield in order to wield his sword with both hands.
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