Hróksv Hrkv 18VIII (Hálf 68)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 68 (Hrókr inn svarti, Hrókskviða 18)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 357.
Naut ‘enjoy’
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njóta (verb): enjoy, use
ekki ‘did not’
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2. ekki (adv.): not
svá ‘as’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
aldrs ‘long a life’
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aldr (noun m.; °aldrs, dat. aldri; aldrar): life, age
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
skyldi ‘he should’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
frækn ‘The valiant’
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frœkn (adj.): brave, bold
land ‘land’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land < landreki (noun m.): land-ruler
reki ‘ruler’
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reki (noun m.; °-a; -ar): ruler < landreki (noun m.): land-ruler
við ‘have done’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
frama ‘of fame’
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frami (noun m.): success
dáðir ‘with deeds’
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dáð (noun f.; °; -ir): feat, deed
Tólf ‘of twelve’
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tolf (num. cardinal): twelve
vetra ‘at the age’
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vetr (noun m.; °vetrar/vetrs(HómHauksb³ 173²³), dat. vetri; vetr): winter
nam ‘started’
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1. nema (verb): to take
tiggi ‘The prince’
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tiggi (noun m.; °-ja): king
at ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
herja ‘harrying’
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2. herja (verb): harry, ravage
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
þá ‘when’
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2. þá (adv.): then
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
þengill ‘the king’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
þrítugr ‘thirty’
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þrítugr (noun m.)
er ‘he’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
dó ‘died’
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1. deyja (verb; °deyr; dó, dó(u); dá(i)nn): die
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[5-8]: The information that Hálfr was twelve years old when he began his viking career is in the prose text (Hálf 1981, ch. 5, 177, ll. 1-3). From a statement in the same chapter (Hálf 1981, ch. 5, 178, l. 33) that he carried on harrying for eighteen years (cf. Hálf 36/1-4), it can be deduced that he was thirty years old when he died. The age of twelve seems to have been regarded as traditionally the age of majority for Viking-Age rulers, like Óláfr Haraldsson (cf. Foote and Wilson 1980, 116).
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