Hróksv Hrkv 25VIII (Hálf 75)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 75 (Hrókr inn svarti, Hrókskviða 25)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 362.
Ván ‘expect’
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ván (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): hope, expectation
væri ‘would’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
mér ‘I ’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
vitra ‘wise’
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vitr (adj.): wise
manna ‘people’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
snarpra ‘smart’
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snarpr (adj.): sharp, keen
seggja ‘men’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
vér ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
saman ‘together’
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saman (adv.): together
ættum ‘had’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
því ‘for’
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því (adv.): therefore, because
at ‘’
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4. at (conj.): that
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
fann ‘find’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
ekki ‘did not’
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2. ekki (adv.): not
mey ‘girl’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
margsvinnari ‘a more intelligent’
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margsvinnr (adj.): [a very wise]
hvergi ‘in any’
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2. hvergi (pron.): not, nowhere, neither
landa ‘country’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
en ‘than’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
Haka ‘of Haki’
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Haki (noun m.): Haki
kennings
dóttur Haka.‘the daughter of Haki. ’
= Brynhildr
the daughter of Haki. → Brynhildr
dóttur ‘the daughter’
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dóttir (noun f.; °dóttur, dat. dóttur/dǿtr/dóttir, acc. dóttur/dóttir, nom. dóttir/dóttur; dǿtr, gen. dǿtra (cf. [$1592$])): daughter
kennings
dóttur Haka.‘the daughter of Haki. ’
= Brynhildr
the daughter of Haki. → Brynhildr
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Hrókr’s expectation of wise and smart descendants from a marriage with Brynhildr is doubtless to be understood in the light of the intelligence conveyed in the saga prose (Hálf 1981, ch. 11, 197, ll. 11-13) that dóttir Hróks ins svarta ok Brynhildar var Gunnlǫð, móðir Hrómundar Gripssonar ‘the daughter of Hrókr the Black and Brynhildr was Gunnlǫð, the mother of Hrómundr Gripsson’. Hrómundr Gripsson is mentioned in a number of Old Icelandic texts (for details, see Hálf 1909, 131-2 n. 19) and was the subject of a saga, now lost in its medieval form, which was performed at a wedding at Reykjahólar in 1119 (Brown 1952, 18). According to Anon Mhkv 7/4III, Hrómundr þótti garpr ok slœgr ‘Hrómundr seemed bold and cunning’. — [5]: As it stands, this line is unmetrical, though it could be emended to give a metrical line (e.g. þvít mey fannkat or þvít mey fannk ei).
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