Herv Lv 17VIII (Heiðr 42)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 42 (Hervǫr, Lausavísur 17)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 402.
Vel ‘well’
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vel (adv.): well, very
gerðir ‘did’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
þú ‘You’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
víkinga ‘of vikings’
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víkingr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): viking
niðr ‘son’
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1. niðr (noun m.; °-s; niðjar/niðir, acc. niði): son, kinsman, relative
er ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
seldir ‘gave’
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4. selja (verb): hand over, sell, give
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
sverð ‘the sword’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
ór ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
haugi ‘the mound’
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haugr (noun m.; °-s, -i; -ar): mound, cairn
Betr ‘better’
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betr (adv.; °superl. bezt/bazt; pos. vel adv.): better
þykkjumz ‘I feel’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
buðlungr ‘prince’
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buðlungr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, prince
hafa ‘’
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hafa (verb): have
en ‘than if’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
Nóregi ‘Norway’
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Noregr (noun m.): Norway
næðak ‘were to obtain’
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1. ná (verb): reach, get, manage
öllum ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
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R715ˣ has a prose interjection before this stanza: Þá var sverð í hendi Hervarar ‘Then the sword was in Hervǫr’s hand’.
[3-4]: Echoes ll. 5-6 of the previous stanza.
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