Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 57 (Hrókr inn svarti, Hrókskviða 7)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 350.
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
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2. ekki (adv.): not
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2. við (prep.): with, against
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
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3. kvíða (verb): fear
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né (conj.): nor
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1. æðra (noun f.; °-u): [fright, subject] < æðruorð (noun n.)
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word < æðruorð (noun n.)
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2. ekki (adv.): not
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1. mæla (verb): speak, say
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
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2. fylgja (verb): follow, accompany
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2. nema (conj.): unless
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forlag (noun n.)
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fylkir (noun m.): leader
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halda (verb): hold, keep
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With this stanza begins a list of the various rules and ethical standards King Hálfr expected of the Hálfsrekkar. It corresponds roughly to ch. 5 of the prose text (Hálf 1981, 178) that precedes the account of Hálfr’s last stand. Other bands of warriors said to have lived by sets of rules laid down by their leader include the Jómsvíkingar (Jvs 1962, 17-18 and n. 3) and the Danes under Fróði III, according to Book V of Saxo’s Gesta Danorum (Saxo 2015, I, v. 5. 1-6, pp. 314-19) as well as under Knútr Sveinsson (Saxo 2015, I, x. 18. 2-6, pp. 752-7 and see n. 90 on pp. 754-5). — [7-8]: The expression at halda forlögum e-s ‘share the fate of sby’ does not occur elsewhere; see LP: forlǫg and note to forlǫg in Hálf 1909.
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