Hjþ Lv 16VIII (HjǪ 44)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 44 (Hjálmþér Ingason, Lausavísur 16)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 536.
Burt ‘gone’
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2. burt (adv.): away
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
Snarvendill ‘Snarvendill’
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snarvendill (noun m.)
ór ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
slíðrum ‘the scabbard’
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2. slíðr (noun n.; °; -): sheath
horfinn ‘disappeared’
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1. hverfa (verb): turn, disappear
má ‘can’
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mega (verb): may, might
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
víg ‘battle’
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víg (noun n.; °-s; -): battle
[3] víg: so papp6ˣ, ÍBR5ˣ, ‘vy[…]’ 109a IIIˣ
vekja ‘stir up’
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1. vekja (verb): awaken, rouse
veldr ‘causes’
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valda (verb): cause
Ölvir ‘Ǫlvir’
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Ølvir (noun m.)
Hefna ‘avenge’
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hefna (verb): avenge
munda ‘would’
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munu (verb): will, must
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
Harðar ‘Hǫrðr’
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Hǫrðr (noun m.)
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
hann ‘it’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hér ‘here’
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hér (adv.): here
væri ‘were’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
rjóða ‘redden’
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rjóða (verb): to redden
minn ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
manna ‘of men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
blóði ‘the blood’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood
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Immediately after Hringr’s last stanza the prose text states Hjálmþér vill þá þrífa til sverðsins, ok var þat í burtu ‘Hjálmþér then wants to take hold of the sword, but it had disappeared’. He then speaks this stanza.
In this stanza Hjálmþér still does not seem to understand what has happened and appears to think he could gain vengeance upon King Hringr for Hǫrðr’s death if he had his sword, Snarvendill. It is possible that here, as occasionally elsewhere, the composer of the prose has confused the original narrative reflected more accurately in the poetry. The reference to Ǫlvir’s causing the sword to disappear is unexplained in the prose text.
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