Vargeisa Lv 4VIII (HjǪ 9)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 9 (Vargeisa/Álfsól, Lausavísur 4)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 501.
Vertu ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
ei ‘Do not’
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3. ei (adv.): not
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
ærr ‘furious’
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œrr (adj.): raging
maðr ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
Ölvi ‘Ǫlvir’
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Ǫlvir (noun m.): Ǫlvir
grandir ‘injure’
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granda (verb): harm, injure
vertu ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
honum ‘to him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
heill ‘true’
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3. heill (adj.; °heilan; compar. heilli, superl. -astr/-str): healthy, hale, hail
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
þér ‘to you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
hollr ‘loyal’
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hollr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): loyal
fylkir ‘king’
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fylkir (noun m.): leader
Láttu ‘let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
eigi ‘Do not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
ill ‘’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell < illmæli (noun n.): slander
[5] illmæli: illmæla ÍBR5ˣ
mæli ‘slander’
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mæli (noun n.): words < illmæli (noun n.): slander
[5] illmæli: illmæla ÍBR5ˣ
æða ‘enrage’
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œða (verb): infuriate
[6] æða: so inserted above the line between illmæli and lund in another hand papp6ˣ, om. 109a IIIˣ, aldrí ÍBR5ˣ
notes
[6] æða ‘enrage’: This word is added to papp6ˣ in a hand other than the main scribe’s; nevertheless, as is also seen in ÍBR5ˣ’s aldri ‘never’, a word beginning with a vowel is required to correct the hypometrical line and to provide vowel alliteration. ÍBR5ˣ’s text could be understood as láttu aldri illmæla lund þína ‘never let [people] speak ill of your temperament’.
lund ‘temperament’
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lund (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(Rém 301³¹)): mind, way
þína ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
vel ‘choose’
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velja (verb): choose
þér ‘for yourself’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
vini ‘friends’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
tryggva ‘trustworthy’
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tryggr (adj.; °tryggan/tryggvan; compar. -ari/-vari; superl. -jastr/-astr): loyal
[7] tryggva: so papp6ˣ, ÍBR5ˣ, ‘trygga’ 109a IIIˣ
vertu ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[8] vertu: vert papp6ˣ, ok vert ÍBR5ˣ
notes
[8] vertu þeim hollr, dróttinn ‘be loyal to them, lord’: Alternatively, with Skj B, one could understand vertu þeim hollr dróttinn ‘be a loyal lord to them’.
þeim ‘to them’
notes
[8] vertu þeim hollr, dróttinn ‘be loyal to them, lord’: Alternatively, with Skj B, one could understand vertu þeim hollr dróttinn ‘be a loyal lord to them’.
hollr ‘loyal’
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hollr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): loyal
notes
[8] vertu þeim hollr, dróttinn ‘be loyal to them, lord’: Alternatively, with Skj B, one could understand vertu þeim hollr dróttinn ‘be a loyal lord to them’.
dróttinn ‘lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
notes
[8] vertu þeim hollr, dróttinn ‘be loyal to them, lord’: Alternatively, with Skj B, one could understand vertu þeim hollr dróttinn ‘be a loyal lord to them’.
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Predictive of the next episode of the saga, in which Hjálmþér will display brief and inexplicable anger towards his comrade, even threatening his life, Vargeisa warns the hero not to harm Ǫlvir.
The stanza is full of gnomic wise advice that Vargeisa offers Hjálmþér in his role as a leader of men; cf. Hávm 44 and Anon Hsv 49, 50, 52, 60 and 74VII. — [1-2]: Cf. HHund II 51/1-2 (NK 161), Verðu eigi svá œr, | at ein farir ‘Do not be so mad as to go alone’.
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