Herv Lv 8VIII (Heiðr 25)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 25 (Hervǫr, Lausavísur 8)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 386.
Vaki ‘Waken’
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4. vaka (verb): awaken
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
Angantýr ‘Angantýr’
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Angantýr (noun m.)
vekr ‘wakes’
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1. vekja (verb): awaken, rouse
þik ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
Hervör ‘Hervǫr’
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Hervǫr (noun f.)
einga ‘only’
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einga- ((prefix)) < eingadóttir (noun f.): °only daughter; own (beloved) daughter
dóttir ‘daughter’
[3] ‑dóttir: mögr added above the line in the hand of JR R715ˣ
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[3] -dóttir ‘daughter’: In R715ˣ Jón Rugman has added mögr ‘son’ above, though without crossing out the original, presumably in reference to the fact that Hervǫr is here in disguise as a man.
ykkr ‘to you’
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it (pron.; °gen. ykkar, dat./acc. ykkr): you (two)
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[4] Sváfu ‘Sváfa’: Hervǫr’s mother is named as Sváfa in 2845 and R715ˣ, both here and elsewhere in the saga (Heiðr 1924, 8, 96, 102). There is thus stronger evidence for this reading than for Hb’s Tófa: in Hb this stanza is the only place the name Tófa appears for Hervǫr’s mother; she is not mentioned by name elsewhere in the H redaction. The eds of Edd. Min. and CPB (CPB I, 164) however, choose to retain Tófu.
Selðu ‘Give’
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4. selja (verb): hand over, sell, give
ór ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
haugi ‘the mound’
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haugr (noun m.; °-s, -i; -ar): mound, cairn
hvassan ‘the sharp’
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hvass (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): keen, sharp
[6] hvassan: harðan R715ˣ
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[6] hvassan mæki ‘the sharp sword’: This half-line also occurs in Heiðr 40/3 and, in the dat. case, Heiðr 88/6; see Note there. See also Note to Heiðr 38/6. — [6-8] hvassan mæki, þann er dvergar slógu ‘the sharp sword which dwarfs forged’: I.e. Tyrfingr. In Old Norse literature dwarfs were consistently portrayed as craftsmen. In Old Norse mythology, they were said to have made a variety of magical objects valuable to the gods (Simek 1993, 68); in the later traditions of the fornaldarsögur and riddarasögur they became more narrowly associated with the crafting of weapons (Motz 1977, 49). Cf. Heiðr 26/7-8, 33/7.
hvassan ‘the sharp’
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hvass (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): keen, sharp
[6] hvassan: harðan R715ˣ
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[6] hvassan mæki ‘the sharp sword’: This half-line also occurs in Heiðr 40/3 and, in the dat. case, Heiðr 88/6; see Note there. See also Note to Heiðr 38/6. — [6-8] hvassan mæki, þann er dvergar slógu ‘the sharp sword which dwarfs forged’: I.e. Tyrfingr. In Old Norse literature dwarfs were consistently portrayed as craftsmen. In Old Norse mythology, they were said to have made a variety of magical objects valuable to the gods (Simek 1993, 68); in the later traditions of the fornaldarsögur and riddarasögur they became more narrowly associated with the crafting of weapons (Motz 1977, 49). Cf. Heiðr 26/7-8, 33/7.
mæki ‘sword’
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mækir (noun m.): sword
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[6] hvassan mæki ‘the sharp sword’: This half-line also occurs in Heiðr 40/3 and, in the dat. case, Heiðr 88/6; see Note there. See also Note to Heiðr 38/6. — [6-8] hvassan mæki, þann er dvergar slógu ‘the sharp sword which dwarfs forged’: I.e. Tyrfingr. In Old Norse literature dwarfs were consistently portrayed as craftsmen. In Old Norse mythology, they were said to have made a variety of magical objects valuable to the gods (Simek 1993, 68); in the later traditions of the fornaldarsögur and riddarasögur they became more narrowly associated with the crafting of weapons (Motz 1977, 49). Cf. Heiðr 26/7-8, 33/7.
mæki ‘sword’
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mækir (noun m.): sword
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[6] hvassan mæki ‘the sharp sword’: This half-line also occurs in Heiðr 40/3 and, in the dat. case, Heiðr 88/6; see Note there. See also Note to Heiðr 38/6. — [6-8] hvassan mæki, þann er dvergar slógu ‘the sharp sword which dwarfs forged’: I.e. Tyrfingr. In Old Norse literature dwarfs were consistently portrayed as craftsmen. In Old Norse mythology, they were said to have made a variety of magical objects valuable to the gods (Simek 1993, 68); in the later traditions of the fornaldarsögur and riddarasögur they became more narrowly associated with the crafting of weapons (Motz 1977, 49). Cf. Heiðr 26/7-8, 33/7.
þann ‘’
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[6-8] hvassan mæki, þann er dvergar slógu ‘the sharp sword which dwarfs forged’: I.e. Tyrfingr. In Old Norse literature dwarfs were consistently portrayed as craftsmen. In Old Norse mythology, they were said to have made a variety of magical objects valuable to the gods (Simek 1993, 68); in the later traditions of the fornaldarsögur and riddarasögur they became more narrowly associated with the crafting of weapons (Motz 1977, 49). Cf. Heiðr 26/7-8, 33/7.
er ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
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[6-8] hvassan mæki, þann er dvergar slógu ‘the sharp sword which dwarfs forged’: I.e. Tyrfingr. In Old Norse literature dwarfs were consistently portrayed as craftsmen. In Old Norse mythology, they were said to have made a variety of magical objects valuable to the gods (Simek 1993, 68); in the later traditions of the fornaldarsögur and riddarasögur they became more narrowly associated with the crafting of weapons (Motz 1977, 49). Cf. Heiðr 26/7-8, 33/7.
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[8] Svafrlama ‘Svafrlami’: Called Sigrlami in the R redaction; in the H and U redactions Sigrlami is Svafrlami’s father, and son of Óðinn. According to the saga, Svafr-/Sigrlami is king of Garðaríki (Russia; in H the name of his kingdom is not stated) and father of Eyfura, mother of Angantýr. In H and U the viking Arngrímr attacks Sigrlami’s kingdom, abducts Eyfura and steals Tyrfingr, using it to kill Sigrlami; in R the king appoints Arngrímr overseer of his kingdom, grants him Eyfura’s hand in marriage and gives Tyrfingr to him (Heiðr 1924, 3-4, 93).
slógu ‘forged’
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2. slá (verb): strike, cut
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[6-8] hvassan mæki, þann er dvergar slógu ‘the sharp sword which dwarfs forged’: I.e. Tyrfingr. In Old Norse literature dwarfs were consistently portrayed as craftsmen. In Old Norse mythology, they were said to have made a variety of magical objects valuable to the gods (Simek 1993, 68); in the later traditions of the fornaldarsögur and riddarasögur they became more narrowly associated with the crafting of weapons (Motz 1977, 49). Cf. Heiðr 26/7-8, 33/7.
dvergar ‘dwarfs’
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dvergr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): dwarf
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[6-8] hvassan mæki, þann er dvergar slógu ‘the sharp sword which dwarfs forged’: I.e. Tyrfingr. In Old Norse literature dwarfs were consistently portrayed as craftsmen. In Old Norse mythology, they were said to have made a variety of magical objects valuable to the gods (Simek 1993, 68); in the later traditions of the fornaldarsögur and riddarasögur they became more narrowly associated with the crafting of weapons (Motz 1977, 49). Cf. Heiðr 26/7-8, 33/7.
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[3-4]: Cf. Vǫl 36/7-8 eingadóttir | yccor beggia (NK 123) ‘only daughter to you both’.
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