Herv Lv 13VIII (Heiðr 33)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 33 (Hervǫr, Lausavísur 13)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 394.
Brennið ‘burn’
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2. brenna (verb; °brennr/brenn; brann, brunnu; brunninn): (strong, intransitive)
[1] Brennið: so 2845, Brenni þér Hb
eigi ‘You will not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
svá ‘in such’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
bál ‘blazes’
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bál (noun n.; °-s; -): fire
á ‘a way’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
nóttum ‘at night’
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nótt (noun f.): night
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
við ‘of’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
elda ‘fires’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
yðra ‘your’
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yðvarr (pron.; °f. yður; pl. yðrir): your
Skelfrat ‘will not tremble’
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1. skjalfa (verb): shake - intrans.
meyju ‘of the girl’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
mun ‘The desire’
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munr (noun m.; °-ar/-s, dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. -i): mind, pleasure < muntún (noun n.): [mind-enclosure]
kennings
muntún hugar‘The desire-enclosure of the mind ’
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The desire-enclosure of the mind → BREAST
notes
[6] muntún hugar ‘the desire-enclosure of the mind [BREAST]’: As other eds have noted, hugar appears to be redundant to the meaning of the kenning. Muntún is a hap. leg.
tún ‘enclosure’
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tún (noun n.; °-s; -): homefield, enclosure < muntún (noun n.): [mind-enclosure]
kennings
muntún hugar‘The desire-enclosure of the mind ’
= BREAST
The desire-enclosure of the mind → BREAST
notes
[6] muntún hugar ‘the desire-enclosure of the mind [BREAST]’: As other eds have noted, hugar appears to be redundant to the meaning of the kenning. Muntún is a hap. leg.
hugar ‘of the mind’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage
kennings
muntún hugar‘The desire-enclosure of the mind ’
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The desire-enclosure of the mind → BREAST
notes
[6] muntún hugar ‘the desire-enclosure of the mind [BREAST]’: As other eds have noted, hugar appears to be redundant to the meaning of the kenning. Muntún is a hap. leg.
þótt ‘though’
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þótt (conj.): although
hon ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
draug ‘a revenant’
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2. draugr (noun m.): ghost
notes
[7] draug ‘a revenant’: See Heiðr 29 Note to [All].
notes
[7] séi ‘sees’: Normalised to the 1250-1300 standard form of the subj. of sjá ‘see’; the mss. all have the later subj. form sjái.
durum ‘the doorway’
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1. dyrr (noun f.; °gen. dura/dyra, dat. durum/dyrum): door
standa ‘stand’
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standa (verb): stand
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[1-4]: Similar in content to Heiðr 23/1-4, where Hervǫr urges the shepherd not to be frightened by the fires burning around the island.
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