Hróksv Hrkv 6VIII (Hálf 56)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 56 (Hrókr inn svarti, Hrókskviða 6)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 349.
Mæla ‘say’
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1. mæla (verb): speak, say
virðar ‘men’
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virðr (noun m.): man
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
vitu ‘know’
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1. vita (verb): know
ekki ‘do not’
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2. ekki (adv.): not
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
Hálfs ‘Hálfr’s’
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halfr (adj.): half
frami ‘courage’
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frami (noun m.): success
heimsku ‘to foolishness’
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1. heimska (noun f.; °-u): folly
sætti ‘amounted’
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2. sæta (verb): mean, signify
Kann ‘know’
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kunna (verb): know, can, be able
ekki ‘does not’
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2. ekki (adv.): not
konung ‘the king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
háleyskan ‘from Hålogaland’
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háleyskr (adj.): [from Hålogaland]
notes
[6] háleyskan ‘from Hålogaland’: Some eds (Hálf 1864; Edd. Min.; Hálf 1909; FSGJ) print háleygskan. The adj. háleyskr ‘from Hålogaland’ may be used here as a synonym for ‘Norwegian, from Norway’. Hálfr’s and his champions’ associations with Hålogaland are also referred to in Hálf 8/2, though their precise connection with this part of northern Norway is unclear.
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
heimsku ‘of foolishness’
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1. heimska (noun f.; °-u): folly
þrótt ‘the valour’
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þróttr (noun m.): strength, might, valour
honum ‘to him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
eignaði ‘ascribed’
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eigna (verb; °-að-): acquire
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Cf. this justification of Hálfr’s behaviour and his insistence on visiting Ásmundr when warned against it with Innsteinn’s criticism in Hálf 18. Hálfr’s valour of foolishness (þrótt heimsku) can be compared with the ofermod or reckless courage of other heroic leaders, e.g. the Anglo-Saxon ealdormann Byrhtnoð in the Old English poem The Battle of Maldon, l. 89 (Gordon 1937, 49).
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