Anon (Heiðr) 2VIII (Heiðr 20)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 20 (Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 2)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 380.
Spyrjattu ‘Do not ask’
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spyrja (verb; spurði): ask; hear, find out
[1] Spyrjattu: ‘Spiriat þu’ R715ˣ
at ‘about’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
spakr ‘wise’
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spakr (adj.): quiet, gentle, wise
ert ‘you are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[2] ert: so R715ˣ, ertu Hb, 2845
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
vinr ‘friend’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
víkinga ‘of vikings’
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víkingr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): viking
ertu ‘you are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[4] ertu: so 2845, þú ert Hb, R715ˣ
van ‘in great’
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van- ((prefix)): [very , un] < vanfarinn (adj./verb p.p.)
farinn ‘difficulties’
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-farinn (adj.) < vanfarinn (adj./verb p.p.)
Förum ‘Let’s go’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
toga ‘can take us’
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toga (verb)
allt ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
[7] allt: hallt corrected from allt in the hand of JR R715ˣ
notes
[7] allt ‘all’: In R715ˣ a later hand corrects to ‘hallt’ for the sake of alliteration with its l. 8; see following Note.
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
úti ‘outside’
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úti (adv.): out, outdoors, out at sea, abroad
notes
[8] ámátt ‘terrible’: Hap. leg., formed from máttr ‘might’ and the intensifying prefix á- (on which see Falk 1928b, 345-50). Cf. ámátligstar ‘the most overwhelming’ GrL 1/7, and see Note there. The reading of R715ˣ, hurfum heim báðir ‘let us both turn home’, is unmetrical.
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The speaker is the shepherd, indicated by Hann kvað ‘He said’ in 2845 and Fjárhirðir kvað ‘The shepherd said’ in R715ˣ.
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