Herv Lv 11^VIII (Heiðr 28)

Hervarðr ‘Hervarðr’

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Hervarðr (noun m.)

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[1-2]: The repetition of these lines from Herv Lv 8 (Heiðr 26) is omitted by several eds, presumably in order to maintain an eight-line stanza, but fornyrðislag stanzas need not be a regular eight lines and the emendation would be against the evidence of all mss.

Hjörvarðr ‘Hjǫrvarðr’

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Hjǫrvarðr (noun m.)

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[1-2]: The repetition of these lines from Herv Lv 8 (Heiðr 26) is omitted by several eds, presumably in order to maintain an eight-line stanza, but fornyrðislag stanzas need not be a regular eight lines and the emendation would be against the evidence of all mss.

Hrani ‘Hrani’

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Hrani (noun m.)

[2] Hrani Angantýr: so 2845, ‘rani angantyr’ Hb, ‘hrani og angantÿr’ R715ˣ

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[1-2]: The repetition of these lines from Herv Lv 8 (Heiðr 26) is omitted by several eds, presumably in order to maintain an eight-line stanza, but fornyrðislag stanzas need not be a regular eight lines and the emendation would be against the evidence of all mss.

Angantýr ‘Angantýr’

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Angantýr (noun m.)

[2] Hrani Angantýr: so 2845, ‘rani angantyr’ Hb, ‘hrani og angantÿr’ R715ˣ

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[1-2]: The repetition of these lines from Herv Lv 8 (Heiðr 26) is omitted by several eds, presumably in order to maintain an eight-line stanza, but fornyrðislag stanzas need not be a regular eight lines and the emendation would be against the evidence of all mss.

svá ‘may’

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svá (adv.): so, thus

sé ‘it be’

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

yðr ‘to you’

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ér (pron.; °gen. yðvar/yðar, dat./acc. yðr): you

öllum ‘all’

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allr (adj.): all

innan ‘within’

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innan (prep.): inside, within

rifja ‘your ribs’

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1. rif (noun n.; °-s; -, gen. -ja): rib, reason

sem ‘as if’

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sem (conj.): as, which

þér ‘you’

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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you

í ‘in’

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í (prep.): in, into

maura ‘an ant’

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maurr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): °myre

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[5] maura (gen. pl.) ‘ant-’: This is the only occurrence of the word maurr ‘ant’ in poetry.

mornið ‘rot’

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morna (verb)

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[6] mornið ‘rot’: The verb morna has few recorded examples in either poetry or prose. In prose it features in the phrase morna ok þorna, perhaps ‘wither and dry out’ (CVC: morna; cf. Fritzner: þorna). The only other poetic examples are Oddrgr 32/4 and Skí 31/5. Possibly derived from morkna ‘rot’, with loss of medial ‘k’ (AEW: morna 2; LP (1860), Fritzner: morna).

haugi ‘hill’

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haugr (noun m.; °-s, -i; -ar): mound, cairn

[6] haugi: so 2845, hauga Hb, hangi R715ˣ

nema ‘unless’

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2. nema (conj.): unless

sverð ‘the sword’

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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword

selið ‘you give’

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4. selja (verb): hand over, sell, give

[7] selið: so 2845, R715ˣ, selið mér Hb

þat ‘which’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

er ‘’

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

sló ‘forged’

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2. slá (verb): strike, cut

Dvalinn ‘Dvalinn’

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Dvalinn (noun m.): Dvalinn

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[8]:   Dvalinn is a dwarf, named in the prose of Heiðr in the H and U redactions. See also Note to Heiðr 25/8. The name is a common one for dwarfs, occurring elsewhere in eddic poetry in Vsp 11/4, 14/1; Hávm 143/3; Alv 16/3; and Fáfn 13/6.

samira ‘it is not fitting’

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2. semja (verb): befit

[9] samira: so R715ˣ, samir eigi Hb, samir ei 2845

draugum ‘for revenants’

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2. draugr (noun m.): ghost

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[7] draugum ‘for revenants’: See Heiðr 29, Note to All.

dýr ‘precious’

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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious

[10] dýr: dýrt 2845, R715ˣ

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[10] dýr vápn ‘precious weapons’: Mss 2845 and R715ˣ have the sg. dyrt vápn ‘(the) precious weapon’, implying a specific reference to Tyrfingr.

vápn ‘weapons’

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vápn (noun n.; °-s; -): weapon

[10] vápn: upp R715ˣ

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[10] dýr vápn ‘precious weapons’: Mss 2845 and R715ˣ have the sg. dyrt vápn ‘(the) precious weapon’, implying a specific reference to Tyrfingr.

fela ‘to hide’

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2. fela (verb): hide

[10] fela: bera 2845

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[10] fela ‘to hide’: Ms. 2845’s reading, bera ‘bear’, is an acceptable alternative and favoured by Skj B, Skald and the eds following 2845, but the other mss agree on the reading chosen here, which might also be supported by comparison to Herv Lv 15/8 (Heiðr 38), in which Hervǫr also speaks of Angantýr hiding the sword (at leyna ‘hide’).