Hǫrðr Lv 3VIII (HjǪ 42 [a])
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 42 (Hǫrðr/Hringr, Lausavísur 3)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 533.
Hvat ‘What’
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hvat (pron.): what
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
þér ‘with you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
Hjálmþér ‘Hjálmþér’
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Hjalmþér (noun m.)
Hefir ‘You’
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hafa (verb): have
þú ‘have’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
lit ‘colour’
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1. litr (noun m.; °-ar dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. litu/hlyti(Eluc675(1989) 91¹)): colour, appearance
brugðit ‘changed’
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bregða (verb; °bregðr/brigðr; brá, brugðu; brugðinn/brogðinn): pull, jerk, break; change
[2] brugðit: ‘[…]did’ ÍBR5ˣ
stórt ‘something weighty’
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stórr (adj.): large, great
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
þér ‘on’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
í ‘your’
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í (prep.): in, into
hug ‘mind’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
starir ‘stare’
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stara (verb): [stared, glared]
á ‘at’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
mik ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
löngum ‘long time’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
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Hjálmþér recognizes his old companion Hǫrðr, even in his elevated state, and is disturbed by this recognition, perhaps by having lost face as the subject of deception regarding Hǫrðr’s true identity. Hringr looks at Hjálmþér and asks him what is wrong.
Like some other instances in fornaldarsögur (Keth Lv 2 and Gusi Lv 1 (Ket 3a and 3b), Rloð Lv 2 and KrákÁsl Lv 2 (Ragn 3a and 3b)) this helmingr and the one following form a single dialogue stanza between two protagonists, in this case Hringr/Hǫrðr and Hjálmþér. In each of these cases the split stanza expresses the strength of a close encounter between rivals (Ket), lovers (Ragn) or heroes (HjǪ). Skj A and B and Skald present sts 42a and 42b as a single stanza. — [1-2]: Exactly the same two lines, with the exception of the pers. n. Hjálmarr, occur in ǪrvOdd Lv 5 (Ǫrv 13), the opening stanza of Hjálmarr’s death-song, in which Ǫrvar-Oddr comments on how pale and near to death his wounded companion looks.
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