GizGrý Lv 7VIII (Heiðr 117)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 117 (Gizurr Grýtingaliði, Lausavísur 7)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 485.
ein ‘around’
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1. einn (num. cardinal; °f. ein, n. eitt; pl. einir; superl. debil. -asti(Anna238(2001) 155³²)): one; alone
[1] ein: so R715ˣ, om. 203ˣ
eru ‘There are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
fylki ‘troops’
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fylki (noun n.): county
fylki ‘troop’
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fylki (noun n.): county
hverju ‘each’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
fimm ‘five’
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fimm (num. cardinal): five
þúsundir ‘thousand’
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1. þúsund (noun f.; °; -ir): thousand
þúsund ‘thousand’
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1. þúsund (noun f.; °; -ir): thousand
[5] þúsund hverri: hverri þúsand 203ˣ, hverri R715ˣ
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[3] hverri þúsund ‘every thousand’: Ms. 203ˣ has the reverse word order and R715ˣ omits the word þúsund ‘thousand’ altogether. The order chosen here (and by Heiðr 1672, Heiðr 1873, Skald, FSGJ, Heiðr 1960 and Edd. Min.) is supported by the pattern of ll. 3 and 7 and is metrically preferable (NN §3144).
hverri ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
[5] þúsund hverri: hverri þúsand 203ˣ, hverri R715ˣ
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[3] hverri þúsund ‘every thousand’: Ms. 203ˣ has the reverse word order and R715ˣ omits the word þúsund ‘thousand’ altogether. The order chosen here (and by Heiðr 1672, Heiðr 1873, Skald, FSGJ, Heiðr 1960 and Edd. Min.) is supported by the pattern of ll. 3 and 7 and is metrically preferable (NN §3144).
þrettán ‘thirteen’
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þrettán (num. cardinal): thirteen
hundruð ‘hundreds’
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hundrað (noun n.; °-s; hundruð/-): hundred
[6] hundruð: manna placed in parentheses in another hand 203ˣ, manna R715ˣ
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[6] hundruð ‘hundreds’: The reading of the mss, manna ‘of men’ (with parentheses as signs of deletion in another hand in 203ˣ) would be distinctly underwhelming. The emendation (made by all eds) can be safely assumed on the basis of the pattern of repetition across ll. 2-3 and 4-5.
hundraði ‘hundred’
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hundrað (noun n.; °-s; hundruð/-): hundred
hverju ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
fjórtaldir ‘four times counted’
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fjórtaliðr (adj.)
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Gizurr returns to Angantýr and reports that he has summoned the Huns to battle. Angantýr asks about the size of the Huns’ forces. Gizurr replies (Heiðr 1960, 57), Mikit er þeira mengi ‘Their multitude is great’, and speaks this stanza.
Heiðr 1672, Heiðr 1873, NK, ÍF Edd. and Jón Helgason (1967, 243-4) present Gizurr’s words, given in the Context above, as part of the stanza. — Cf. Saxo 2015, I, v. 8. 1 (7. 6), pp. 326-7.
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