Hróksv Hrkv 23VIII (Hálf 73)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 73 (Hrókr inn svarti, Hrókskviða 23)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 361.
Þá ‘Then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
mun ‘it will’
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munu (verb): will, must
reyna ‘be experienced’
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reyna (verb): test, try, experience
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
raun ‘to the test’
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raun (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): ordeal, proof, experience
gefa ‘put’
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gefa (verb): give
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
vit ‘and I’
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2. vit (pron.): we two
notes
[3] vit Sveinn ‘Sveinn and I’: The ms. has here ‘uid sueín’, which can be understood as við Svein ‘against Sveinn’ or as vit Sveinn ‘Sveinn and I’ (with vit the 2nd pers. dual nom. pers. pron.). In the former reading, the syntax ef komum saman við Svein í rómu ‘if we come together against Sveinn in battle’ requires an otherwise unattested koma saman við e-n, so some eds (Skj B, Skald) have adopted the second alternative, which is also adopted here.
Sveinn ‘Sveinn’
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2. Sveinn (noun m.): Sveinn
notes
[3] vit Sveinn ‘Sveinn and I’: The ms. has here ‘uid sueín’, which can be understood as við Svein ‘against Sveinn’ or as vit Sveinn ‘Sveinn and I’ (with vit the 2nd pers. dual nom. pers. pron.). In the former reading, the syntax ef komum saman við Svein í rómu ‘if we come together against Sveinn in battle’ requires an otherwise unattested koma saman við e-n, so some eds (Skj B, Skald) have adopted the second alternative, which is also adopted here.
komum ‘’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
saman ‘clash’
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saman (adv.): together
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
rómu ‘battle’
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róma (noun f.): battle
hvárir ‘who’
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hvárr (pron.): who, which, what, whether
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[5] hvárir ‘who’: I.e. ‘which of the two parties’.
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
vígi ‘fighting’
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víg (noun n.; °-s; -): battle
verða ‘will prove to be’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
hæfri ‘more courageous’
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hœfr (adj.): proper, fitting
Hámundar ‘of Hámundr’
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Hámundr (noun m.): Hámundr
kennings
Hámundar burr‘the son of Hámundr ’
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the son of Hámundr → Hrókr inn svarti
burr ‘the son’
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burr (noun m.; °; -ir): son
kennings
Hámundar burr‘the son of Hámundr ’
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the son of Hámundr → Hrókr inn svarti
eða ‘or’
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eða (conj.): or
Haka ‘Haki’s’
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Haki (noun m.): Haki
þegnar ‘men’
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þegn (noun m.; °dat. -/-i; -ar): thane, man, franklin
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According to the prose text (Hálf 1981, ch. 10, 190), King Sveinn inn sigrsæli ‘the Victorious’ asked King Haki for the hand of his daughter Brynhildr, but Haki refused him. Sveinn then swore an oath that he would kill both the man who married Brynhildr and her father as well. Heðinn, a jarl of King Haki, then put himself forward as a suitor, together with his son Vifill. Haki promised Brynhildr to Vifill on condition that he defended the country against Sveinn.
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