Hróksv Hrkv 8VIII (Hálf 58)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 58 (Hrókr inn svarti, Hrókskviða 8)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 350.
Skyldi ‘should’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
ekki ‘not’
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2. ekki (adv.): not
stynja ‘moan’
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stynja (verb): [groaned, moaned]
þó ‘even’
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þó (adv.): though
at ‘if’
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4. at (conj.): that
stór ‘great’
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stórr (adj.): large, great
hlyti ‘they received’
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hljóta (verb): alot, gain
sár ‘wounds’
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2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
sóknum ‘combat’
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sókn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): attack, fight
siklings ‘of the king’
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siklingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
vinir ‘The friends’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
né ‘nor’
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né (conj.): nor
benjar ‘wounds’
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1. ben (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -; -jar , gen. -a(var. EiðKrC 402¹³: AM 77 4° D)): wound
sér ‘their’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
binda ‘dressed’
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binda (verb; °bindr; batt/bant(cf. [$332$]), bundu; bundinn): bind, tie
láta ‘have’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
fyrr ‘before’
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fyrr (adv.): before, sooner
notes
[7-8] fyrr en jafnlengð annars dags kæmi ‘before the same time of the following day arrived’: That is, before twenty-four hours had elapsed. Presumably, the idea was to ensure the men were toughened by bearing the pain of their wounds before allowing them to be bound up.
en ‘of the’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
notes
[7-8] fyrr en jafnlengð annars dags kæmi ‘before the same time of the following day arrived’: That is, before twenty-four hours had elapsed. Presumably, the idea was to ensure the men were toughened by bearing the pain of their wounds before allowing them to be bound up.
annars ‘following’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
notes
[7-8] fyrr en jafnlengð annars dags kæmi ‘before the same time of the following day arrived’: That is, before twenty-four hours had elapsed. Presumably, the idea was to ensure the men were toughened by bearing the pain of their wounds before allowing them to be bound up.
dags ‘day’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
notes
[7-8] fyrr en jafnlengð annars dags kæmi ‘before the same time of the following day arrived’: That is, before twenty-four hours had elapsed. Presumably, the idea was to ensure the men were toughened by bearing the pain of their wounds before allowing them to be bound up.
jafn ‘the same’
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jafn (adj.; °comp. -ari, superl. -astr): even, just < jafnlengð (noun f.)
notes
[7-8] fyrr en jafnlengð annars dags kæmi ‘before the same time of the following day arrived’: That is, before twenty-four hours had elapsed. Presumably, the idea was to ensure the men were toughened by bearing the pain of their wounds before allowing them to be bound up.
notes
[7-8] fyrr en jafnlengð annars dags kæmi ‘before the same time of the following day arrived’: That is, before twenty-four hours had elapsed. Presumably, the idea was to ensure the men were toughened by bearing the pain of their wounds before allowing them to be bound up.
kæmi ‘arrived’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
notes
[7-8] fyrr en jafnlengð annars dags kæmi ‘before the same time of the following day arrived’: That is, before twenty-four hours had elapsed. Presumably, the idea was to ensure the men were toughened by bearing the pain of their wounds before allowing them to be bound up.
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