Anon (Heiðr) 8VIII (Heiðr 89)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 89 (Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 8)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 459.
Hlöðr ‘Hlǫðr’
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Hlǫðr (noun m.): Hlǫðr
notes
[1] Hlöðr ‘Hlǫðr’: See Note to Anon (Heiðr) 8/1 (Heiðr 88).
reið ‘rode’
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1. ríða (verb): ride
austan ‘from the east’
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austan (adv.): from the east
Heiðreks ‘Heiðrekr’s’
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Heiðrekr (noun m.): Heiðrekr
[2] Heiðreks arfi: so 203ˣ, ‘Heid[…]’ 2845
arfi ‘heir’
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arfi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): heir, heiress
[2] Heiðreks arfi: so 203ˣ, ‘Heid[…]’ 2845
kom ‘came’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
garði ‘the court’
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garðr (noun m.): enclosure, yard
þar ‘where’
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þar (adv.): there
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
Gotar ‘the Goths’
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goti (noun m.; °-a; -ar/-nar): person (or horse) from Gotland
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[4] Gotar ‘Goths’: See Note to Heiðr 87/4.
byggja ‘live’
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2. byggja (verb; °byggir/byggvir; byggði; byggðr): inhabit, dwell; build, found
[4] byggja: so 203ˣ, ‘bygdia’ 2845
á ‘at’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
Árheima ‘Árheimar’
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Árheimar (noun m.)
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[5] Árheima ‘Árheimar’: Lit. ‘River-homes’. Unknown outside Heiðr, where it occurs also in Heiðr 114/4 and in a few places in the prose (Heiðr 1960, 46-7, 53). It is said to be á Danparstǫðum (Heiðr 1960, 46) ‘on the banks of the Dnieper’, but the location has not been identified.
arfs ‘inheritance’
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arfr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(Frost 215¹²); -ar): inheritance
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
kveðja ‘ask for’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
þar ‘there’
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þar (adv.): there
drakk ‘was drinking’
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2. drekka (verb; °drekkr; drakk, drukku; drukkinn/drykkinn): drink
Angantýr ‘Angantýr’
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Angantýr (noun m.)
erfi ‘wake’
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erfi (noun n.; °-s): funeral feast
Heiðreks ‘Heiðrekr’s’
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Heiðrekr (noun m.): Heiðrekr
[8] Heiðreks *: Heiðreks konungs 2845
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Hlǫðr learns of his father’s death, and that his brother Angantýr has gained the kingdom of Reiðgotaland, home of the Goths. With the encouragement of his foster-father and maternal grandfather King Humli, Hlǫðr resolves to ride to claim his inheritance, at first með goðum orðum ‘with good words’. The stanza is introduced: sem hér segir ‘as it says here’.
[1, 6]: See Note to RvHbreiðm Hl 44/1-2III.
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