Hróksv Hrkv 9VIII (Hálf 59)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 59 (Hrókr inn svarti, Hrókskviða 9)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 351.
ekki ‘’
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2. ekki (adv.): not
hann ‘He’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
her ‘the army’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
græta ‘weep’
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grœta (verb): weep
né ‘nor’
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né (conj.): nor
manns ‘to a man’s’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
konu ‘wife’
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kona (noun f.; °-u; -ur/-r(KlmA1980 116¹¹), gen. pl. kvenna/kvinna): woman
mein ‘harm’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
vinna ‘do’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
Mey ‘girl’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
hann ‘He’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hverja ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
mundi ‘for a bride-price’
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mundr (noun m.; °-ar): bride-price
kaupa ‘to be bought’
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kaupa (verb): buy
fögru ‘for fine’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
gulli ‘gold’
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gull (noun n.): gold
at ‘with’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
föður ‘father’
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faðir (noun m.): father
ráði ‘the consent’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
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According to Andrews (Hálf 1909, 22-3), this stanza represents an idealised romantic attitude towards women which never obtained in the Viking Age. However, similar legislation to improve the position of women is mentioned amongst King Fróði’s laws (Saxo 2015, I, v. 5. 3, pp. 316-17).
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