Herv Lv 6VIII (Heiðr 21)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 21 (Hervǫr, Lausavísur 6)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 381.
Men ‘a necklace’
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2. men (noun n.; °; dat. menjum): neck-ring
bjóðum ‘We [I] offer’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
þér ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
máls ‘word’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter
at ‘as’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
gjöldum ‘reward’
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gjald (noun n.): payment, reward, return
muna ‘it will not’
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munu (verb): will, must
notes
[3] muna ‘will not’: This form has the negative poetic suffix ‑a. The inf. vera ‘be’ is understood.
drengja ‘of the valiant ones’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
notes
[3]: The phrase vinr drengja, translated as ‘the friend of warriors’, appears as a kenning for ‘ruler’ in SnSt Ht 14/2III, where it refers to King Hákon Hákonarson of Norway (r. 1217-63). It is not clear whether the phrase should be treated as a kenning here, where the implication is somewhat different, since ‘ruler’ would not be an appropriate referent for Hervǫr. On the meanings of drengr see Goetting (2006).
vin ‘the friend’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
[3] vin: var inn R715ˣ
notes
[3]: The phrase vinr drengja, translated as ‘the friend of warriors’, appears as a kenning for ‘ruler’ in SnSt Ht 14/2III, where it refers to King Hákon Hákonarson of Norway (r. 1217-63). It is not clear whether the phrase should be treated as a kenning here, where the implication is somewhat different, since ‘ruler’ would not be an appropriate referent for Hervǫr. On the meanings of drengr see Goetting (2006).
dælt ‘be easy’
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dæll (adj.; °dǽlan; compar. dǽlli/dǽllri(FriðB 48¹), superl. dǽlstr): easy
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
Fær ‘can give’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
[5] Fær: fær þú R715ˣ
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
[5] nú: nú added above the line in the scribal hand Hb, mér R715ˣ
fríðar ‘beautiful’
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fríðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): beautiful, fair
hnossir ‘treasures’
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1. hnoss (noun f.; °; -ir): treasure
fagra ‘fair’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
[7] fagra bauga: om. R715ˣ
notes
[7-8]: Line 7 was originally omitted in R715ˣ, but corrected in a later hand to at ek ei fara at mínum vilja ‘that I will not go according to my desire’, which restores an eight-line stanza, though one which is metrically deficient and clearly secondary to the reading of the main ms.
notes
[7-8]: Line 7 was originally omitted in R715ˣ, but corrected in a later hand to at ek ei fara at mínum vilja ‘that I will not go according to my desire’, which restores an eight-line stanza, though one which is metrically deficient and clearly secondary to the reading of the main ms.
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
notes
[7-8]: Line 7 was originally omitted in R715ˣ, but corrected in a later hand to at ek ei fara at mínum vilja ‘that I will not go according to my desire’, which restores an eight-line stanza, though one which is metrically deficient and clearly secondary to the reading of the main ms.
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[8] ek fara eigi: ek ei fara at mínum vilja corrected from ek ei fara vilja in the hand of JR R715ˣ
notes
[7-8]: Line 7 was originally omitted in R715ˣ, but corrected in a later hand to at ek ei fara at mínum vilja ‘that I will not go according to my desire’, which restores an eight-line stanza, though one which is metrically deficient and clearly secondary to the reading of the main ms.
fara ‘go’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
[8] ek fara eigi: ek ei fara at mínum vilja corrected from ek ei fara vilja in the hand of JR R715ˣ
notes
[7-8]: Line 7 was originally omitted in R715ˣ, but corrected in a later hand to at ek ei fara at mínum vilja ‘that I will not go according to my desire’, which restores an eight-line stanza, though one which is metrically deficient and clearly secondary to the reading of the main ms.
eigi ‘will not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
[8] ek fara eigi: ek ei fara at mínum vilja corrected from ek ei fara vilja in the hand of JR R715ˣ
notes
[7-8]: Line 7 was originally omitted in R715ˣ, but corrected in a later hand to at ek ei fara at mínum vilja ‘that I will not go according to my desire’, which restores an eight-line stanza, though one which is metrically deficient and clearly secondary to the reading of the main ms.
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In Hb’s prose paraphrase of this stanza it is the shepherd who offers Hervǫr/Hervarðr the necklace to flee rather than continue with her mission. However, this makes little sense: it is much more likely that Hervǫr would offer the shepherd a reward for information than vice-versa.
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