Hjþ Lv 9VIII (HjǪ 28)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 28 (Hjálmþér Ingason, Lausavísur 9)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 520.
Heill ‘have good health’
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1. heill (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): good fortune
sittu ‘May you’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
Hundingi ‘Hundingi’
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hundingi (noun m.; °-ja; -jar): °(I) køter, svinehund; (I) fabelvæsner der ligner hunde
[1] Hundingi: Hunding ÍBR5ˣ
hef ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
engan ‘no one’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
þér ‘than you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
undir ‘under’
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undir (prep.): under
heims ‘of the world’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world
kennings
skauti heims.‘the cover of the world. ’
= SKY
the cover of the world. → SKY
skauti ‘the cover’
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skaut (noun n.; °; -): sail
kennings
skauti heims.‘the cover of the world. ’
= SKY
the cover of the world. → SKY
Ferr ‘travels’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
þín ‘Your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
um ‘for’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
notes
[6] um fégjafir ‘for gifts of money’: Most eds change ‑gjafir ‘gifts’, the reading of all mss, to the earlier form gjafar. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emends the mss’ um to ok, and understands frægð þín ok fégjafar ‘your fame and generosity’ (ll. 6-7), but, as Kock notes (NN §125), this emendation is unnecessary and changes the emphasis of the lines away from the topic of gift-giving.
fé ‘of money’
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fé (noun n.; °fjár/féar; -): cattle, money < fégjǫf (noun f.)
notes
[6] um fégjafir ‘for gifts of money’: Most eds change ‑gjafir ‘gifts’, the reading of all mss, to the earlier form gjafar. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emends the mss’ um to ok, and understands frægð þín ok fégjafar ‘your fame and generosity’ (ll. 6-7), but, as Kock notes (NN §125), this emendation is unnecessary and changes the emphasis of the lines away from the topic of gift-giving.
gjafir ‘gifts’
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gjǫf (noun f.): gift < fégjǫf (noun f.)
notes
[6] um fégjafir ‘for gifts of money’: Most eds change ‑gjafir ‘gifts’, the reading of all mss, to the earlier form gjafar. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emends the mss’ um to ok, and understands frægð þín ok fégjafar ‘your fame and generosity’ (ll. 6-7), but, as Kock notes (NN §125), this emendation is unnecessary and changes the emphasis of the lines away from the topic of gift-giving.
því ‘and so’
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því (adv.): therefore, because
kom ‘have come’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
hingat ‘here’
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hingat (adv.): (to) here
hilmis ‘the ruler’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
vitja ‘visit’
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vitja (verb): visit
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Hjálmþér and his men now enter the hall, with the exception of Hǫrðr, who remains at the entrance. Hjálmþér makes himself known to King Hundingi with this stanza.
Cf. Hjálmþérsrímur V, 23 (Finnur Jónsson 1905-22, II, 39). — Hjálmþér follows Hervǫr’s instructions in this and subsequent stanzas in behaving in a formally correct fashion to her father.
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