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Hróksv Hrkv 21^VIII (Hálf 71)

Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 71 (Hrókr inn svarti, Hrókskviða 21)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 359.

Hrókr inn svarti Hrókskviða

Alls ‘of all’

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allr (adj.): all

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[1-2] mér mundi léttara alls angrs ‘I would be eased of all grief’: Lit. ‘to me it would be lighter in respect of all grief’.

mundi ‘would’

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munu (verb): will, must

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[1-2] mér mundi léttara alls angrs ‘I would be eased of all grief’: Lit. ‘to me it would be lighter in respect of all grief’.

mér ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

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[1-2] mér mundi léttara alls angrs ‘I would be eased of all grief’: Lit. ‘to me it would be lighter in respect of all grief’.

angrs ‘grief’

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2. angr (noun n.): grief, sin

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[1-2] mér mundi léttara alls angrs ‘I would be eased of all grief’: Lit. ‘to me it would be lighter in respect of all grief’.

léttara ‘be eased’

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léttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): easy, light

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[1-2] mér mundi léttara alls angrs ‘I would be eased of all grief’: Lit. ‘to me it would be lighter in respect of all grief’.

ef ‘if’

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3. ef (conj.): if

ek ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

Hálfs ‘Hálfr’

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Halfr (noun m.): Hálfr

[3] Hálfs: hálf 2845

konungs ‘King’

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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king

hefna ‘avenge’

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hefna (verb): avenge

mættak ‘could’

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mega (verb): may, might

svá ‘so’

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svá (adv.): so, thus

at ‘that’

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4. at (conj.): that

Ásmundi ‘of Ásmundr’

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ásmundr (noun m.; °; -ar): Ásmundr

egg ‘with a sharp’

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1. egg (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju/-): edge, blade < eggfránn (adj.)

[6] eggfránum: egg fránan 2845

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[6] eggfránum ‘sharp-edged’: The ms. reading cannot be correct, as the context requires a dat. instr.; this cpd adj. occurs also in Þórðh Lv 10/4^V (Þórð 10), again collocated with hjǫrr ‘sword’.

fránum ‘edged’

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2. fránn (adj.): bright, shining < eggfránn (adj.)

[6] eggfránum: egg fránan 2845

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[6] eggfránum ‘sharp-edged’: The ms. reading cannot be correct, as the context requires a dat. instr.; this cpd adj. occurs also in Þórðh Lv 10/4^V (Þórð 10), again collocated with hjǫrr ‘sword’.

hjör ‘sword’

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hjǫrr (noun m.): sword

bana ‘slayer’

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bani (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death, killer

baug ‘of the ring’

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baugr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): ring < baugbrjótr (noun m.): [ring-breaker]

[7] baugbrjóts: baug spjót 2845

kennings

baugbrjóts,
‘of the ring-breaker, ’
= GENEROUS RULER = Hálfr
the ring-breaker, → GENEROUS RULER = Hálfr

notes

[7] baugbrjóts ‘of the ring-breaker [GENEROUS RULER = Hálfr]’: The element baug- ‘ring’ does not normally occur with terms for ‘spear’; baugbrjótr ‘ring-breaker’ is a common kenning for ‘man’ (see Meissner 330-1) and cf. Hálf 33/7 baugbroti ‘ring-breaker’. This emendation was first suggested by Bugge (Hálf 1864) and has been followed by all subsequent eds.

brjóts ‘breaker’

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brjótr (noun m.): breaker < baugbrjótr (noun m.): [ring-breaker]

[7] baugbrjóts: baug spjót 2845

kennings

baugbrjóts,
‘of the ring-breaker, ’
= GENEROUS RULER = Hálfr
the ring-breaker, → GENEROUS RULER = Hálfr

notes

[7] baugbrjóts ‘of the ring-breaker [GENEROUS RULER = Hálfr]’: The element baug- ‘ring’ does not normally occur with terms for ‘spear’; baugbrjótr ‘ring-breaker’ is a common kenning for ‘man’ (see Meissner 330-1) and cf. Hálf 33/7 baugbroti ‘ring-breaker’. This emendation was first suggested by Bugge (Hálf 1864) and has been followed by all subsequent eds.

brjóst ‘the breast’

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brjóst (noun n.; °-s; -): breast, chest

raufaðak* ‘I would pierce’

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2. raufa (verb): break open, rob

[8] rauf*aðak: ‘rraufgadag’ 2845

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