AngH Lv 5VIII (Heiðr 98)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 98 (Angantýr Heiðreksson, Lausavísur 5)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 470.
Mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
um ‘’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
þik ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
sitjanda ‘sitting’
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sitja (verb): sit
silfri ‘with silver’
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silfr (noun n.; °-s): silver
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
ganganda ‘walking’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
[3] ganganda: gangandi R715ˣ
þik ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
gulli ‘in gold’
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gull (noun n.): gold
steypa ‘shower’
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steypa (verb): throw down, cast off
svát ‘so that’
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svát (conj.): so that, so as
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
vega ‘directions’
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1. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, gen. -a/-na, acc. -a/-i/-u): way, path, side
[5] vega: so R715ˣ, vegu 203ˣ
alla ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
velti ‘roll’
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2. velta (verb): wander (strong)
baugar ‘rings’
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baugr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): ring
þriðjung ‘a third’
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[7] þriðjung ‘a third’: See Note to GizGrý Lv 1/5 (Heiðr 99) on the inheritance of the hornungr ‘bastard’, as Hlǫðr is called there. The closest parallel to the situation described here appears to be in Langobardic law, which allowed an illegitimate son to inherit one third where there was one legitimate son, who inherited two thirds (Grimm 1899, 655-6).
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[7] Gotþjóðar ‘of the land of the Goths’: The cpd can also mean ‘people of the Goths’, which would also be possible here.
því ‘that you’
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því (adv.): therefore, because
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[8] því ‘that’: The precise referent for the n. demonstrative pron. is uncertain: it likely refers to all the items listed as a whole, but could possibly alternatively refer to landi, understood from Gotþjóðar if taken, as here, in the sense ‘land of the Goths’ (see previous Note).
skaltu ‘shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
einn ‘alone’
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1. einn (num. cardinal; °f. ein, n. eitt; pl. einir; superl. debil. -asti(Anna238(2001) 155³²)): one; alone
[8] einn: so R715ˣ, einn 203ˣ
ráða ‘rule’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
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[1-6]: Cf. e.g Snegl (ÍF 9, 290-2), where King Haraldr Guðinason (Godwinson) offers to reward Halli for a poem by pouring silver on his head, telling him he can keep what sticks. Halli smears tar on his head and forms his hair into a bowl shape, thus gaining rather more reward than the king intended. See also examples listed under Fritzner: steypa 4 and, on the syntactic construction, cf. Þry 10. — [3-4]: Jón Helgason (1967, 229) observes that the idea of showering gold on a man who is walking along is an unlikely scenario and though he retains the ms. reading in his edition, in his notes proposes (in ModIcel.) en standanda þig / steypa gulli ‘and steep you, standing, in gold’. This is, of course, purely speculative. — [8]: Cf. Guðr II 26/5-6 (NK 228), where Grímhildr offers Guðrún various treasures as Atli’s bride: ein scaltu ráða | auði Buðla ‘you alone shall rule the wealth of Buðli’.
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