Hundk Lv 4VIII (HjǪ 35)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 35 (Hundingi konungr, Lausavísur 4)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 526.
Lítt ‘hardly’
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lítt (adv.): a bit
honum ‘for him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
notes
[1] sæmir ‘would be appropriate’: Ms. ÍBR5ˣ has sómir ‘would befit, beseem’, which is also an acceptable reading.
hjá ‘to be among’
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hjá (prep.): beside, with
seggja ‘of men’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
liði ‘company’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
vefjum ‘clothing’
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vefr (noun m.; °-jar; -ir): cloth, sail, weaving < gullvefr (noun m.)
glóa ‘glitter’
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glóa (verb): glow
allir ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
Siti ‘sit’
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setja (verb): place, set, establish
hann ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
yzt ‘farthest out’
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ýtri (adj. comp.): outer side
[5] yzt: so papp6ˣ, ÍBR5ˣ, ‘yrst’ 109a IIIˣ
notes
[6] af seggjum mínum ‘among my men’: This phrase might rather mean ‘[farthest out] from my men’, that is, beyond even the lowliest of Hundingi’s men, as Kock (NN§127) points out. The sense ‘from, away from’ is in fact more common than ‘among’ (cf. ONP: af) and would make Hundingi’s insult to Hǫrðr stronger. On the other hand ÍBR5ˣ’s reading hjá supports the sense ‘among’.
seggjum ‘men’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
notes
[6] af seggjum mínum ‘among my men’: This phrase might rather mean ‘[farthest out] from my men’, that is, beyond even the lowliest of Hundingi’s men, as Kock (NN§127) points out. The sense ‘from, away from’ is in fact more common than ‘among’ (cf. ONP: af) and would make Hundingi’s insult to Hǫrðr stronger. On the other hand ÍBR5ˣ’s reading hjá supports the sense ‘among’.
mínum ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
notes
[6] af seggjum mínum ‘among my men’: This phrase might rather mean ‘[farthest out] from my men’, that is, beyond even the lowliest of Hundingi’s men, as Kock (NN§127) points out. The sense ‘from, away from’ is in fact more common than ‘among’ (cf. ONP: af) and would make Hundingi’s insult to Hǫrðr stronger. On the other hand ÍBR5ˣ’s reading hjá supports the sense ‘among’.
skal ‘shall be’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
honum ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
veita ‘served’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
vel ‘well’
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vel (adv.): well, very
með ‘among’
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með (prep.): with
várum ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
þegnum ‘freemen’
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þegn (noun m.; °dat. -/-i; -ar): thane, man, franklin
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Hundingi responds in disparaging terms to Hjálmþér’s introduction of Hǫrðr.
Compare Hjálmþérsrímur V, 31-5 (Finnur Jónsson 1905-22, II, 37-8) with HjǪ 35-40. — [4-5]: These lines are hypometrical, unless there is suspended resolution on glóa and siti (or yzt were understood as an adj. yztr ‘outermost’ and desyllabified as yztur).
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