Herv Lv 14VIII (Heiðr 36)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 36 (Hervǫr, Lausavísur 14)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 396.
Ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
vígi ‘curse’
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vígja (verb): to hallow, consecrate
[1] vígi: ‘ofkingi’ corrected from ‘of ingi’ or of vígi in the hand of JR R715ˣ
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
virða ‘noblemen’
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virðr (noun m.): man
dauða ‘dead’
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2. dauðr (adj.): dead
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
þér ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
liggja ‘lie’
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liggja (verb): lie
[4] liggja: kyrrir corrected from kyrrir liggja in the hand of JR R715ˣ
dauðir ‘dead’
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2. dauðr (adj.): dead
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
draugum ‘the revenants’
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2. draugr (noun m.): ghost
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
dys ‘the cairn’
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dys (noun f.; °-jar; -jar): [dus]
Angantýr ‘Angantýr’
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Angantýr (noun m.)
haugi ‘the mound’
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haugr (noun m.; °-s, -i; -ar): mound, cairn
[8] út ór haugi: selir mér Tyrfing R715ˣ
hlífum ‘to shields’
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hlíf (noun f.; °-ar; -ar): shield, defence
hættan ‘dangerous’
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hættr (adj.; °compar. -ari/-ri, superl. -astr): dangerous
Hjálmars ‘of Hjálmarr’
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Hjalmarr (noun m.): Hjálmarr
kennings
bana Hjálmars,‘the slayer of Hjálmarr, ’
= Tyrfingr
the slayer of Hjálmarr, → Tyrfingr
notes
[10] bana Hjálmars ‘the slayer of Hjálmarr [= Tyrfingr]’: Hjálmarr inn hugumstóri ‘the Great-minded’ is Hjǫrvarðr’s rival for the hand of Ingibjǫrg, daughter of the king of Sweden. Hjǫrvarðr challenges Hjálmarr to the duel which results in both of their deaths, as well as those of the other sons of Arngrímr. Just before his death Hjálmarr recites his so-called ‘death-song’, Hjálm Lv 4-19 (Ǫrv 14-29). The first seven stanzas of this also appear in Heiðr (Heiðr 6-12), but in the present edition are edited with the poetry from Ǫrv. The kenning is also used in Heiðr 39/2 and 45/2.
bana ‘the slayer’
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bani (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death, killer
kennings
bana Hjálmars,‘the slayer of Hjálmarr, ’
= Tyrfingr
the slayer of Hjálmarr, → Tyrfingr
notes
[10] bana Hjálmars ‘the slayer of Hjálmarr [= Tyrfingr]’: Hjálmarr inn hugumstóri ‘the Great-minded’ is Hjǫrvarðr’s rival for the hand of Ingibjǫrg, daughter of the king of Sweden. Hjǫrvarðr challenges Hjálmarr to the duel which results in both of their deaths, as well as those of the other sons of Arngrímr. Just before his death Hjálmarr recites his so-called ‘death-song’, Hjálm Lv 4-19 (Ǫrv 14-29). The first seven stanzas of this also appear in Heiðr (Heiðr 6-12), but in the present edition are edited with the poetry from Ǫrv. The kenning is also used in Heiðr 39/2 and 45/2.
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R715ˣ presents an alternative version of this stanza, as follows:
Ek vígi svá virða dauða,
at þér þolið aldri kyrrir,
nema þú, Angantýr, selir mér Tyrfing,
hlífum hættan, Hjálmars bana.
Prose Order: Ek vígi svá dauða virða, at þér þolið aldri kyrrir, nema þú, Angantýr, selir mér Tyrfing, hættan hlífum, bana Hjálmars. Translation: I curse dead noblemen so that you will never rest quietly, unless you, Angantýr, give me Tyrfingr, dangerous to shields, slayer of Hjálmarr [= Tyrfingr]. This version lacks alliteration across ll. 3-6, making Hervǫr’s words more a threat than a general curse. As here, the eds of CPB (I, 166) choose Hb’s version (with the same emendation to fúnir ‘rotten’), while the eds of Edd. Min. print ll. 1-8 from Hb (also with emendation to fúnir and changing sel mér ‘give me’ to selðu ‘you give’), replacing ll. 9-10 with ll. 7-8 from what in the present edn is Herv Lv 15 (Heiðr 38). Skj B and Skald print ll. 1-4 from R715ˣ with ll. 7-10 from Hb. — [3-4]: These lines lack alliteration.
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