Hergunnr Lv 3VIII (HjǪ 21)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 21 (Hergunnr, Lausavísur 3)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 514.
Hvar ‘Where’
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hvar (adv.): where
ertu ‘are you’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
Margerðr ‘Margerðr’
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Margerðr (noun f.): Margerðr
mær ‘maiden’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
öflgasta ‘most powerful’
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ǫflugr (adj.): mighty, strong
Vinnr ‘are gaining’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
þú ‘You’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
sigr ‘victory’
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sigr (noun m.; °sigrs/sigrar, dat. sigri; sigrar): victory
[3] sigr lítinn: lítinn sigr papp6ˣ
notes
[3] lítinn sigr ‘small victory’: That is, no victory, an example of litotes.
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[3] lítinn sigr ‘small victory’: That is, no victory, an example of litotes.
á ‘over’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
siklings ‘the prince’s’
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siklingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
liði ‘company’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
Hryggr ‘back’
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1. hryggr (noun m.; °-jar/-s(cogn.), dat. -; -ir): back; ridge
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
hálflaminn ‘half crippled’
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hálflaminn (adj./verb p.p.): half lame
[5] hálflaminn: hálflestr corrected from hálflestr eðr hálflaminn in another hand papp6ˣ
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
herðar ‘shoulders’
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herðr (noun f.; °-ar(Thom² 447¹³); -ar): shoulder
brotnar ‘broken’
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brjóta (verb; °brýtr; braut, brutu; brotinn): to break, destroy
sterkr ‘strong’
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sterkr (adj.): strong
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
stafnbúi ‘the forecastle-man’
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stafnbúi (noun m.): [prow-man]
stökkva ‘flight’
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1. støkkva (verb): (str.) leap, spring; scatter
mun ‘we must’
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munu (verb): will, must
verða ‘take’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
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Seriously injured by Hjálmþér, with whom she fights a single combat, Hergunnr calls to her sisters for retreat.
[5-8]: These lines are structurally similar to ll. 5-8 of the previous stanza and emphasise the powerlessness of the ogresses, for all their grotesque bodily strength, in the face of the heroes’ aggression.
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