HervH Lv 4VIII (HjǪ 27)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 27 (Hervǫr Hundingjadóttir, Lausavísur 4)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 519.
auð ‘riches’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth
jöfurr ‘prince’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
örr ‘open-handed’
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ǫrr (adj.): generous, brave
[2] örr: added in right margin in scribal hand papp6ˣ
þykkiz ‘would be thought’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
notes
[3] þágu ‘have received’: An emendation from all mss’ þáðu ‘you (sg.) received’, adopted by most eds from FSN onwards, with the exception of Valdimar Ásmundarson (1885-9), who has þiggja ‘receive’. The 2nd pers. sg. form cannot fit the syntax unless gumar ‘men’ is emended, and does not make good sense in context.
gull ‘gold’
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gull (noun n.): gold
gumar ‘men’
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gumi (noun m.; °-a; gumar/gumnar): man
[3] gumar: so ÍBR5ˣ, gunnar 109a IIIˣ, papp6ˣ
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
geraz ‘they become’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
þér ‘to you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
vel ‘very’
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vel (adv.): well, very
hollir ‘loyal’
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hollr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): loyal
En ‘But’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
maðr ‘a man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
metnaz ‘puffs himself up’
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metna (verb)
við ‘at’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
mildings ‘the ruler’s’
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mildingr (noun m.; °-s): ruler, generous one
síðu ‘side’
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1. síða (noun f.; °-u; -ur): side
sýn ‘show’
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sýna (verb): show, seem
leiðum ‘the loathsome one’
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2. leiðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): hateful, loathsome
þitt ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
lyndi ‘temper’
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lyndi (noun n.; °-s): mind
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hann ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
sneypu ‘disgrace’
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1. sneypa (noun f.; °-u): °skam, ydmygelse
hljóta ‘portion’
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hljóta (verb): alot, gain
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Hervǫr gives Hjálmþér more advice about behaviour at her father’s court, urging him to show generosity as befits a ruler.
Hervǫr’s advice is conventionally gnomic and not specifically relevant to the situation at Hundingi’s hall.
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