Hróksv Hrkv 16VIII (Hálf 66)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 66 (Hrókr inn svarti, Hrókskviða 16)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 356.
Hvergi ‘by no means’
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1. hvergi (adv.): nowhere
þótti ‘thought to be’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
liði ‘troop’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
opt ‘often’
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opt (adv.): often
aukvisi ‘a degenerate’
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aukvisi (noun m.; °; -ar): °degenerate, weakling
notes
[3] aukvisi ‘a degenerate’: The ms. reads ‘audkuisi’, denoting an alternative form of the noun aukvisi, auðkvisi ‘degenerate, weakling’. On the etymology, see Falk (1928b, 341-2) and AEW: aukvisa/aukvisi.
ættar ‘family’
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1. ætt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): family
minnar ‘of my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
Mik ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
kváðu ‘called’
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kveða (verb; kveð, kvað, kveðinn): (str.) say, recite, sing
þeir ‘They’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
mann ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
snarpastan ‘the most dashing’
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snarpr (adj.): sharp, keen
þvíat ‘for’
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þvíat (conj.): because
notes
[7-8] þvíat hverr leitaði öðrum hróðrs ‘for each sought for praise for the other’: I.e. ‘each [member of Hrókr’s family] sought to praise the other’, meaning that they were generous towards each other and not jealous of each other’s reputation.
hverr ‘each’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
notes
[7-8] þvíat hverr leitaði öðrum hróðrs ‘for each sought for praise for the other’: I.e. ‘each [member of Hrókr’s family] sought to praise the other’, meaning that they were generous towards each other and not jealous of each other’s reputation.
öðrum ‘for the other’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
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[7-8] þvíat hverr leitaði öðrum hróðrs ‘for each sought for praise for the other’: I.e. ‘each [member of Hrókr’s family] sought to praise the other’, meaning that they were generous towards each other and not jealous of each other’s reputation.
hróðrs ‘for praise’
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hróðr (noun m.): encomium, praise
notes
[7-8] þvíat hverr leitaði öðrum hróðrs ‘for each sought for praise for the other’: I.e. ‘each [member of Hrókr’s family] sought to praise the other’, meaning that they were generous towards each other and not jealous of each other’s reputation.
leitaði ‘sought’
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leita (verb): seek, look for, attack
notes
[7-8] þvíat hverr leitaði öðrum hróðrs ‘for each sought for praise for the other’: I.e. ‘each [member of Hrókr’s family] sought to praise the other’, meaning that they were generous towards each other and not jealous of each other’s reputation.
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[1-4]: Hrókr understates his considerable merits, ‘I was by no means often thought to be a degenerate member of my family’, i.e. ‘I was never thought a degenerate family member’. This statement probably reflects upon a semi-proverbial formula einn er aukvisi hverrar ættar ‘there is one degenerate in every family’ (cf. Fritzner: aukvisi).
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