Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 74 (Hrókr inn svarti, Hrókskviða 24)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 361.
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segja (verb): say, tell
[1] ek segi svá kveðit ‘thus I make known’: Lit. ‘I say [it is] thus made known’.
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[1] ek segi svá kveðit ‘thus I make known’: Lit. ‘I say [it is] thus made known’.
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svá (adv.): so, thus
[1] ek segi svá kveðit ‘thus I make known’: Lit. ‘I say [it is] thus made known’.
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
[1] ek segi svá kveðit ‘thus I make known’: Lit. ‘I say [it is] thus made known’.
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snotr (adj.): wise
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife
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4. at (conj.): that
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
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Brynhildr (noun f.): Brynhildr
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biðja (verb; °biðr; bað, báðu; beðinn (beiþ- Martin¹ 573, bỏþ- HákEirsp 661, cf. ed. intr. xl)): ask for, order, pray
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1. muna (verb): remember
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3. ef (conj.): if
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1. vita (verb): know
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
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4. at (conj.): that
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vilja (verb): want, intend
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
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Hrókr (noun m.)
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1. unna (verb): love
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Hámundr (noun m.): Hámundr
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burr (noun m.; °; -ir): son
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