Herv Lv 10^VIII (Heiðr 27)

Mjök ‘greatly’

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mjǫk (adv.): very, much

notes

[1, 4] eruð mjök orðnir at moldarauka ‘you have greatly become the increase of the earth’: I.e. ‘your bodies have greatly rotted away’.

eruð ‘you’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

[1] eruð: eru 2845

notes

[1] eruð ‘you are’: The reading of Hb, and that chosen here and by other eds, has Hervǫr apostrophise the sons of Arngrímr. The reading of the other mss, eru ‘they are’, has her speak about them in the 3rd pers. — [1, 4] eruð mjök orðnir at moldarauka ‘you have greatly become the increase of the earth’: I.e. ‘your bodies have greatly rotted away’.

eruð ‘you’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

[1] eruð: eru 2845

notes

[1] eruð ‘you are’: The reading of Hb, and that chosen here and by other eds, has Hervǫr apostrophise the sons of Arngrímr. The reading of the other mss, eru ‘they are’, has her speak about them in the 3rd pers. — [1, 4] eruð mjök orðnir at moldarauka ‘you have greatly become the increase of the earth’: I.e. ‘your bodies have greatly rotted away’.

orðnir ‘have’

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1. verða (verb): become, be

[1] orðnir: ‘vordnir’ R715ˣ

notes

[1, 4] eruð mjök orðnir at moldarauka ‘you have greatly become the increase of the earth’: I.e. ‘your bodies have greatly rotted away’.

Arngríms ‘of Arngrímr’

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Arngrímr (noun m.)

[2] Arngríms: ‘arngris’ 2845

synir ‘Sons’

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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son

megir ‘kinsmen’

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mǫgr (noun m.; °; megir, acc. mǫgu): son, boy

[3] megir: so R715ˣ, megir at Hb, megin 2845

mein ‘keen on’

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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury < meingjarn (adj.)

notes

[3] meingjarnir ‘keen on harm’: Hb reads meinsamir ‘harmful’, an acceptable alternative and favoured by Skj B, Skald and Edd. Min., but the other mss are in agreement on the reading preferred here.

gjarnir ‘harm’

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gjarn (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): eager < meingjarn (adj.)

[3] ‑gjarnir: so 2845, R715ˣ, samir Hb

notes

[3] meingjarnir ‘keen on harm’: Hb reads meinsamir ‘harmful’, an acceptable alternative and favoured by Skj B, Skald and Edd. Min., but the other mss are in agreement on the reading preferred here.

at ‘become’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

[4] at: so 2845, R715ˣ, om. Hb

notes

[1, 4] eruð mjök orðnir at moldarauka ‘you have greatly become the increase of the earth’: I.e. ‘your bodies have greatly rotted away’.

moldar ‘of the earth’

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mold (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u; -ir): earth, soil < moldarauki (noun m.)

notes

[1, 4] eruð mjök orðnir at moldarauka ‘you have greatly become the increase of the earth’: I.e. ‘your bodies have greatly rotted away’. — [4] moldarauka ‘the increase of the earth’: A hap. leg. in poetry. 

moldar ‘of the earth’

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mold (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u; -ir): earth, soil < moldarauki (noun m.)

notes

[1, 4] eruð mjök orðnir at moldarauka ‘you have greatly become the increase of the earth’: I.e. ‘your bodies have greatly rotted away’. — [4] moldarauka ‘the increase of the earth’: A hap. leg. in poetry. 

auka ‘the increase’

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auki (noun m.; °-a; -ar): addition, increase < moldarauki (noun m.)

notes

[1, 4] eruð mjök orðnir at moldarauka ‘you have greatly become the increase of the earth’: I.e. ‘your bodies have greatly rotted away’. — [4] moldarauka ‘the increase of the earth’: A hap. leg. in poetry. 

auka ‘the increase’

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auki (noun m.; °-a; -ar): addition, increase < moldarauki (noun m.)

notes

[1, 4] eruð mjök orðnir at moldarauka ‘you have greatly become the increase of the earth’: I.e. ‘your bodies have greatly rotted away’. — [4] moldarauka ‘the increase of the earth’: A hap. leg. in poetry. 

er ‘since’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

[5] er: at R715ˣ

engi ‘none’

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2. engi (pron.): no, none

[5] engi: engi corrected from gingi 2845

skal ‘will’

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skulu (verb): shall, should, must

[5] skal: gjǫrir 2845, ‘gior’ R715ˣ

sona ‘of the sons’

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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son

Eyfuru ‘of Eyfura’

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Eyfura (noun f.)

[6] Eyfuru: ‘Eÿuorn’ R715ˣ

notes

[6] Eyfuru ‘of Eyfura’: Arngrímr’s wife, who also appears elsewhere in the saga. See Note to Heiðr 25/8. She is also named, as the mother of Arngrímr’s sons, in Ǫrv 5/8 and Hyndl 24/3-4.

við ‘with’

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2. við (prep.): with, against

mik ‘me’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

mæla ‘speak’

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1. mæla (verb): speak, say

í ‘in’

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í (prep.): in, into

[8] í: úr R715ˣ

Munar ‘Munar’

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munr (noun m.; °-ar/-s, dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. -i): mind, pleasure < Munarvágr (noun m.)

notes

[8] Munarvági ‘Munarvágr’: See Note to Heiðr 18a/2. Ms. R715ˣ reads Munarheimi (lit. ‘World of Desire’) here; this p. n. occurs in HHj 1/4, although probably with figurative meaning. See further Kommentar IV, 417‑19.

vági ‘vágr’

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vágr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): sea, wave < Munarvágr (noun m.)

[8] ‑vági: heimi R715ˣ

notes

[8] Munarvági ‘Munarvágr’: See Note to Heiðr 18a/2. Ms. R715ˣ reads Munarheimi (lit. ‘World of Desire’) here; this p. n. occurs in HHj 1/4, although probably with figurative meaning. See further Kommentar IV, 417‑19.