Hundk Lv 6VIII (HjǪ 38)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 38 (Hundingi konungr, Lausavísur 6)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 529.
upp ‘up’
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upp (adv.): up
Hástigi ‘Hástigi’
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hástigi (noun m.): hástigi
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
gef ‘make’
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gefa (verb): give
rúm ‘space’
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rúm (noun n.; °-s; -): place
gestum ‘for the guests’
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gestr (noun m.): guest, stranger
velbornum ‘well-born’
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velborinn (adj./verb p.p.): [well-born]
[3] velbornum: velbornum ok crossed out in another hand papp6ˣ
furðu ‘very’
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furðu (adv.)
[4] furðu farmóðum: furðu farmóðum with ok frekum í ræþu written above the line in another hand papp6ˣ
far ‘travel’
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fǫr (noun f.): journey, fate; movement < farmóðr (adj.)
[4] furðu farmóðum: furðu farmóðum with ok frekum í ræþu written above the line in another hand papp6ˣ
móðum ‘weary’
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móðr (adj.): weary < farmóðr (adj.)
[4] furðu farmóðum: furðu farmóðum with ok frekum í ræþu written above the line in another hand papp6ˣ
Mik ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
hafa ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
öðlingar ‘Princes’
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ǫðlingr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
áðr ‘before’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
heim ‘’
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heim (adv.): home, back
sóttan ‘visited’
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sœkja (verb): seek, attack
þeir ‘’
[7] þeir er: þeir all
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[7] þeir er ‘who’: All mss have þeir. Another example of the loss of the rel. particle er in the combination demonstrative + rel. particle characteristic of C14th poetry; cf. Note to HjǪ 15/4.
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[7] þeir er ‘who’: All mss have þeir. Another example of the loss of the rel. particle er in the combination demonstrative + rel. particle characteristic of C14th poetry; cf. Note to HjǪ 15/4.
mér ‘to me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
sýnz ‘seemed’
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sýna (verb): show, seem
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[8] sýnz ‘seemed’: Lit. ‘seem’.
hafa ‘to have’
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hafa (verb): have
með ‘’
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með (prep.): with
betra ‘better’
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betri (adj. comp.; °superl. beztr/baztr; pos. góðr adj.): better, best
[8] betra: svinnra corrected from betra above the line in another hand papp6ˣ
bragði ‘behaviour’
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bragð (noun n.; °-s; *-): action, movement, trick
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Hundingi looks at Hástigi and orders him in this stanza to vacate his seat as a sign of hospitality to the guests.
Most previous eds (with the exception of HjǪ 1970 and Valdimar Ásmundarson 1885-9, in part) have taken the opportunity to ‘improve’ this stanza by emending l. 1 (statt replaced with rís ‘rise’ to give regular alliteration, so Skj B and Skald) and by adopting the additional text written above the line in papp6ˣ, replacing l. 4 with ok frekum í ræðu ‘and bold in speech’. If the mss’ original forms are retained in ll. 3-4 there is no alliteration. On the other hand, Hundingi’s deliberate and ironic use of repeated velbornum ‘well-born’ (l. 3) from l. 8 of the previous stanza, is lost. Most previous eds also adopt the additional svinnra ‘wiser, more prudent’ from papp6ˣ in l. 8, again to provide regular alliteration. The additional readings from papp6ˣ make ll. 3-4 and 8 of this stanza metrical and alliteratively regular, viz. furðu farmóðum | ok frekum í ræðu ‘very travel-weary and bold in speech’ (ll. 3-4) and með svinnra bragði ‘more prudent behaviour’ (l. 8).
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