Angantýr Lv 6VIII (Heiðr 37)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 37 (Angantýr Arngrímsson, Lausavísur 6)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 397.
Kveðkat ‘would not declare’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
[1] Kveðkat: Kveð R715ˣ
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
mær ‘girl’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
ung ‘young’
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ungr (adj.): young
mönnum ‘humans’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
notes
[2] mönnum ‘humans’: The Old Norse masculine noun refers both to males specifically, perhaps here playing on the fact that Hervǫr is disguised as a man, and to humankind in general, implying there is something unnatural about her activities; cf. her response (referring to herself as mennskr maðr ‘human being’) in the following stanza.
líka ‘like’
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2. líka (adv.): likewise, also
er ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
[3] er þú um: ‘e[…] vm’ with ‘þú’ in the margin R715ˣ
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[3] er þú um: ‘e[…] vm’ with ‘þú’ in the margin R715ˣ
um ‘around’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
[3] er þú um: ‘e[…] vm’ with ‘þú’ in the margin R715ˣ
hauga ‘the mounds’
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haugr (noun m.; °-s, -i; -ar): mound, cairn
á ‘at’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
nóttum ‘night’
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nótt (noun f.): night
gröfnum ‘with engraved’
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grafa (verb): to dig, earth, bury
geiri ‘spear’
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geirr (noun m.): spear
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
Gota ‘of the Goths’
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goti (noun m.; °-a; -ar/-nar): person (or horse) from Gotland
notes
[6] málmi Gota ‘the metal of the Goths’: Málmr can be used to denote ‘sword’ in particular (LP) and is used as a heiti for ‘sword’ in Þul Sverða 3/5III. It can also denote weapons or armour more generally, as would fit the context here. Hervǫr is of Gothic descent on her father’s side, and is hence equipped with her ancestral possessions.
málmi ‘the metal’
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malmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): metal
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[6] málmi Gota ‘the metal of the Goths’: Málmr can be used to denote ‘sword’ in particular (LP) and is used as a heiti for ‘sword’ in Þul Sverða 3/5III. It can also denote weapons or armour more generally, as would fit the context here. Hervǫr is of Gothic descent on her father’s side, and is hence equipped with her ancestral possessions.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
brynju ‘mail-shirt’
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1. brynja (noun f.; °-u (dat. brynnoni Gibb 38⁹); -ur): mailcoat
fyrir ‘before’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
hallar ‘hall’
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1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall
notes
[8] hallar ‘of the hall’: Refers to Angantýr’s burial mound; cf. Heiðr 14/7 and Note.
dyrr ‘the doors’
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1. dyrr (noun f.; °gen. dura/dyra, dat. durum/dyrum): door
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[5-7]: The content of these lines is similar to Heiðr 26/5-8, although there is no direct verbal echo.
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