Hróksv Hrkv 22VIII (Hálf 72)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 72 (Hrókr inn svarti, Hrókskviða 22)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 360.
Hefnt ‘avenged’
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hefna (verb): avenge
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
verða ‘be’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
Hálfs ‘Hálfr’
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halfr (adj.): half
ins ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
frækna ‘valiant’
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frœkinn (adj.; °compar. frøknari, superl. frøknastr): bold
því ‘for’
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því (adv.): therefore, because
at ‘’
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4. at (conj.): that
þeir ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
göfgan ‘the noble’
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gǫfugr (adj.; °gǫfgan/gǫfugan; compar. gǫfgari/gǫfugri, superl. gǫfgastr/gǫfugstr/gǫfugastr): noble, glorious
gram ‘king’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[4] véltu … í griðum ‘betrayed … in a time of truce’: Lit. ‘betrayed in truces’. Cf. Hálf 17/8. In the sg. the noun grið means ‘right of domicile, home’, but in the pl. ‘truce, peace’.
griðum ‘a time of truce’
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grið (noun n.): truce
notes
[4] véltu … í griðum ‘betrayed … in a time of truce’: Lit. ‘betrayed in truces’. Cf. Hálf 17/8. In the sg. the noun grið means ‘right of domicile, home’, but in the pl. ‘truce, peace’.
véltu ‘betrayed’
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véla (verb): betray, trick
notes
[4] véltu … í griðum ‘betrayed … in a time of truce’: Lit. ‘betrayed in truces’. Cf. Hálf 17/8. In the sg. the noun grið means ‘right of domicile, home’, but in the pl. ‘truce, peace’.
Olli ‘caused’
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valda (verb): cause
morði ‘murder’
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1. morð (noun n.; °-s; -): killing, battle
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
mannskaða ‘loss of life’
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mannskaði (noun m.)
Ásmundr ‘Ásmundr’
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ásmundr (noun m.; °; -ar): Ásmundr
konungr ‘King’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
illu ‘Through an evil fate’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
heilli ‘’
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2. heill (noun n.; °; -): fortune
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