Hróksv Hrkv 26VIII (Hálf 76)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 76 (Hrókr inn svarti, Hrókskviða 26)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 363.
Fann ‘found’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
aldri ‘never’
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aldri (adv.): never
þó ‘yet’
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þó (adv.): though
hefik ‘I have’
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hafa (verb): have
farit ‘travelled’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
víða ‘widely’
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1. víða (adv.): widely
hug ‘’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage < hugþekkr (adj.): beloved
þekkri ‘a more endearing’
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þekkr (adj.): pleasing < hugþekkr (adj.): beloved
mey ‘girl’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
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, ’
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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
Hon ‘She’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
at ‘in’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
öllu ‘every respect’
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allr (adj.): all
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
æskja ‘wish’
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œskja (verb): [wish for]
mun ‘could’
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munu (verb): will, must
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Consisting of only six lines, this stanza echoes the contents of the preceding one and may be an incompletely transmitted variation of it (see Hálf 1909, 130). Bugge (Hálf 1864) notes that the stanza seems superfluous and may be a later addition.
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