Hjþ Lv 12VIII (HjǪ 34)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 34 (Hjálmþér Ingason, Lausavísur 12)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 525.
Hörðr ‘Hǫrðr’
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hǫrðr (noun m.; °; -ar): °person fra Hǫrðaland
hann ‘He’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
heitir ‘is called’
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2. heita (verb): be called, promise
hefir ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
fátt ‘little’
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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few
prýði ‘gallantry’
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prýði (noun f.): finery, honour
velr ‘chooses’
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velja (verb): choose
um ‘’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
vápn ‘weapons’
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vápn (noun n.; °-s; -): weapon
sjaldan ‘seldom’
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sjaldan (adv.): seldom
[3] sjaldan: so papp6ˣ, ÍBR5ˣ, ‘sk sjaldan’ 109a IIIˣ
vill ‘will’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
ei ‘not’
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3. ei (adv.): not
skart ‘finery’
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skart (noun n.; °-s): splendours, finery
þiggja ‘accept’
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þiggja (verb): receive, get
öldungis ‘absolutely’
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ǫllungis (adv.): completely
[5] öldungis: ‘old[…]’ 109a IIIˣ, öldunga papp6ˣ, aldregi ÍBR5ˣ
einninn ‘likewise ’
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einnig (adv.): °in the same way; likewise, also; ?as the only one
hræðiz ‘fear’
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3. hræða (verb): fear, be afraid
maðr ‘a man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
mjök ‘most’
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mjǫk (adv.): very, much
snarligr ‘keen’
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snarligr (adj.): keen, quick-witted
met ‘value’
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2. meta (verb): measure, value, assess
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
hann ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
mikils ‘greatly’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
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Hjálmþér introduces Hǫrðr to the court with this stanza.
[7-8]: In order to avoid double alliteration here, Skj B changes the word order of l. 8 to mikils met ek hann, while Kock inverts the order of the two lines 7-8, treating met ek hann mikils ‘I value him greatly’ as an intercalary clause. Neither operation is necessary, as l. 7 is fornyrðislag with alliteration in metrical positions 1 and 2, while l. 8 is málaháttr, in which the two syllables of mikils carry secondary stress and no stress respectively.
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