Herv Lv 2VIII (Heiðr 15)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 15 (Hervǫr, Lausavísur 2)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 374.
Nú ‘Now’
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nú (adv.): now
fýsir ‘eager’
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fýsa (verb): desire, encourage
mik ‘I am’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
fóstri ‘foster-father’
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fóstri (noun m.): foster-brother, foster-father, foster-son
[2] fóstri: ‘ad fostri’ R715ˣ
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
vitja ‘visit’
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vitja (verb): visit
fram ‘’
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fram (adv.): out, forth, forwards, away < 1. framganga (noun f.): [has passed on]
genginna ‘deceased’
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1. ganga (noun f.): way < 1. framganga (noun f.): [has passed on]
frænda ‘kinsmen’
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frændi (noun m.): kinsman, male relative
minna ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
Auð ‘wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth
mundu ‘must’
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munu (verb): will, must
þeir ‘They’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
eiga ‘own’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
nógan ‘abundant’
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gnógr (adj.; °compar. gnógari/gnǿgri, superl. gnógastr/gnǿgstr): abundant
skal ‘shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[7] ek: í corrected from ‘ek’ in the margin the hand of JR R715ˣ
öðlaz ‘inherit’
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ǫðla (verb): gain
nema ‘unless’
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2. nema (conj.): unless
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
förumz ‘die’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
[8] förumz: forkomi R715ˣ
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