Hjþ Lv 1VIII (HjǪ 2)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 2 (Hjálmþér Ingason, Lausavísur 1)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 494.
Hjálmþér ‘Hjálmþér’
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Hjalmþér (noun m.)
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
heiti ‘am called’
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2. heita (verb): be called, promise
hverr ‘who’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
spyrr ‘asks’
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spyrja (verb; spurði): ask; hear, find out
at ‘about’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
seggr ‘man’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
inn ‘’
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2. inn (art.): the
svart ‘swarthy’
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svartr (adj.): black < svartleitr (adj.)
leiti ‘’
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-leitr (adj.): -looking < svartleitr (adj.)
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
sæ ‘the sea’
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sjór (noun m.): sea < sædýr (noun n.): [sea-beast]
kennings
sædýri?‘the sea-beast? ’
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the sea-beast? → SHIP
dýri ‘beast’
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1. dýr (noun n.; °-s (spec.: dyʀiɴs KonrA 66⁴, etc., cf. Seip 1955 188-189); -): animal < sædýr (noun n.): [sea-beast]
kennings
sædýri?‘the sea-beast? ’
= SHIP
the sea-beast? → SHIP
Drepa ‘kill’
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drepa (verb; °drepr; drap, drápu; drepinn): kill, strike
skulum ‘We shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
drengi ‘the fellows’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
dýrgripi ‘the treasures’
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dýrgripr (noun m.; °; -ir, acc. -i/-u): °valuable object, precious object, luxury item
fúll ‘foul’
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2. fúll (adj.; °superl. -astr): foul
falsari ‘imposter’
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falsari (noun m.; °-a; -ar)
notes
[7] falsari ‘imposter’: The first recorded prose use in ONP of this agent noun, based on the Old Norse loan-word fals from Lat. falsus ‘false’, is from c. 1275.
flý ‘flee’
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flýja (verb): to flee, take flight
brott ‘you must’
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1. brott (adv.): away
[8] brott: so papp6ˣ, burtu 109a IIIˣ, burtu ella ÍBR5ˣ
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