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Herv Lv 19VIII (Heiðr 47)

Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 47 (Hervǫr, Lausavísur 19)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 406.

HervǫrLausavísur
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allir ‘of you’

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allr (adj.): all

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brótt ‘to be away’

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2. burt (adv.): away

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fýsir ‘long’

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fýsa (verb): desire, encourage

[2] fýsir: mun R715ˣ

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mik ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

[2] mik: ek skjótla R715ˣ

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í ‘in’

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í (prep.): in, into

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haugi ‘the mound’

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haugr (noun m.; °-s, -i; -ar): mound, cairn

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heðan ‘to go from here’

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heðan (adv.): hence, from this place

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vil ‘wish’

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vilja (verb): want, intend

[4] vil ek: fýsir mik R715ˣ

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ek ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

[4] vil ek: fýsir mik R715ˣ

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skjótla ‘quickly’

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skjótla (adv.)

[4] skjótla: om. R715ˣ

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Helzt ‘most of all to be’

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heldr (adv.): rather

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þóttumz ‘I thought myself’

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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think

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‘now’

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nú (adv.): now

[5] nú: ek R715ˣ

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í ‘’

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í (prep.): in, into

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er ‘where’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

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umhverfis ‘all around’

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umhverfis (prep.): [around]

[7] umhverfis: ‘vmheerfis’ R715ˣ

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[5-8]: Hervǫr finally admits she is disturbed by the supernatural fires, despite her earlier words to the contrary in Heiðr 23/1-4, 33/1-4 and 40/5-8.

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