Hróksv Hrkv 12VIII (Hálf 62)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 62 (Hrókr inn svarti, Hrókskviða 12)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 353.
Margir ‘Many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
váru ‘were’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
skeiðum ‘the warships’
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1. skeið (noun f.; °-ar; -r/-ar/-ir): ship
góðir ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
fræknir ‘brave’
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frœkn (adj.): brave, bold
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
gram ‘the prince’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
sjálfum ‘himself’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
Börkr ‘Bǫrkr’
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bǫrkr (noun m.; °dat. berki/bǫrk, acc. bark(Kjaln 9¹³n.); acc. bǫrku): [bark]
ok ‘ok’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Brynjólfr ‘Brynjólfr’
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Brynjólfr (noun m.)
Bölverkr ‘Bǫlverkr’
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Bǫlverkr (noun m.)
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Haki ‘Haki’
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Haki (noun m.): Haki
Egill ‘Egill’
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Egill (noun m.): Egill
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Erlingr ‘Erlingr’
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Erlingr (noun m.): Erlingr
Ásláks ‘of Áslákr’
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Áslákr (noun m.): Áslákr
synir ‘sons’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
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The prose text (Hálf 1981, 177, ch. 5, ll. 13-14, 17-18) mentions all of the warriors named here, though in a slightly different order: Áslákr hét ríkr bóndi. Hans synir váru þeir Egill ok Erlingr. Þeir váru ágætir menn. … [Þar váru] Börkr ok Brynjólfr, Bölverkr ok Haki … ‘Áslákr was the name of a powerful farmer. His sons were Egill and Erlingr. They were fine men. … [There were] Bǫrkr and Brynjólfr, Bǫlverkr and Haki …’.
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