Hjálm Lv 5VIII (Ǫrv 15)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 15 (Hjálmarr inn hugumstóri, Lausavísur 5)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 828.
Áttak ‘I owned’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
[1] Áttak (‘Aktag’): ‘Atti eg’ R715ˣ
fullu ‘’
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2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete
[1] at fullu: á foldu R715ˣ, 344a, 343a, 471, 173ˣ
fimm ‘five’
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fimm (num. cardinal): five
tún ‘homesteads’
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tún (noun n.; °-s; -): homefield, enclosure
[2] tún: ‘bwu’ corrected from ‘twn’ R715ˣ, bú 344a, 173ˣ, ból 343a, 471
saman ‘together’
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saman (adv.): together
en ‘but’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
[3] en ek því aldri: en ek því aldr R715ˣ, en þó unða ek 344a, en ek unða því 343a, 471, en ek unða þó 173ˣ
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[3] en ek því aldri: en ek því aldr R715ˣ, en þó unða ek 344a, en ek unða því 343a, 471, en ek unða þó 173ˣ
því ‘that’
[3] en ek því aldri: en ek því aldr R715ˣ, en þó unða ek 344a, en ek unða því 343a, 471, en ek unða þó 173ˣ
aldri ‘never’
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aldri (adv.): never
[3] en ek því aldri: en ek því aldr R715ˣ, en þó unða ek 344a, en ek unða því 343a, 471, en ek unða þó 173ˣ
unða ‘loved’
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una (verb): be content, love
[4] unða ráði: unði á láði R715ˣ, ‘…itt rade’ corrected from allvel báði in a later hand 344a, eigi láði 343a, 471, ei á láði 173ˣ
ráði ‘lot’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
[4] unða ráði: unði á láði R715ˣ, ‘…itt rade’ corrected from allvel báði in a later hand 344a, eigi láði 343a, 471, ei á láði 173ˣ
Nú ‘Now’
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nú (adv.): now
verð ‘must’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
liggja ‘lie’
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liggja (verb): lie
lífs ‘of life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
[6] lífs andvani: lítt megandi 344a, 343a, 471, 173ˣ
notes
[6] andvani lífs ‘deprived of life’: This is the reading of the Heiðr mss, while the Ǫrv mss have lítt megandi ‘with little strength’, lit. ‘being capable of little’. Both phrases are probably formulaic. Lítt megandi occurs in Vsp 17/6 (NK 4; cf. SnE 2005, 13) to refer to the lifeless condition of the first humans, Askr and Embla, who lay, probably as logs, upon the seashore before a trio of deities gave them life. On the other hand lífs andvani has a parallel, together with the following line, in Hildibrandr Lv 6/2-3 (Ásm 6) lífs andvani, | mæki undaðr ‘deprived of life, wounded by a sword’, a similar situation of a hero’s death-song.
andvani ‘deprived’
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andvani (adj.; °indecl.): deprived, bereft
[6] lífs andvani: lítt megandi 344a, 343a, 471, 173ˣ
notes
[6] andvani lífs ‘deprived of life’: This is the reading of the Heiðr mss, while the Ǫrv mss have lítt megandi ‘with little strength’, lit. ‘being capable of little’. Both phrases are probably formulaic. Lítt megandi occurs in Vsp 17/6 (NK 4; cf. SnE 2005, 13) to refer to the lifeless condition of the first humans, Askr and Embla, who lay, probably as logs, upon the seashore before a trio of deities gave them life. On the other hand lífs andvani has a parallel, together with the following line, in Hildibrandr Lv 6/2-3 (Ásm 6) lífs andvani, | mæki undaðr ‘deprived of life, wounded by a sword’, a similar situation of a hero’s death-song.
sverði ‘by a sword’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
undaðr ‘wounded’
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unda (verb): wound
[7] undaðr: so R715ˣ, 343a, 471, 173ˣ, sundaðr 2845, 344a
notes
[7] undaðr ‘wounded’: Probably to be preferred, given the parallel from Ásm cited in the previous Note, over 2845’s and 344a’s sundaðr, possibly some form of the verb sundra, ‘cut in pieces’, though the p. p. should be sundraðr.
Sámseyju ‘Samsø’
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Sámsey (noun f.)
[8] Sámseyju í: so 344a, 343a, 471, 173ˣ, í Sámseyju 2845, Sáms í eyju R715ˣ
í ‘on’
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í (prep.): in, into
[8] Sámseyju í: so 344a, 343a, 471, 173ˣ, í Sámseyju 2845, Sáms í eyju R715ˣ
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In both Heiðr mss this stanza follows immediately from Ǫrv 14, introduced with ok enn kvað hann ‘and then he said’, but in the prose of Ǫrv Oddr is given further lines of self-justification, while Hjálmarr urges him to sit down and listen to the poem he is about to compose and then send it back to Sweden. Ǫrv mss then give Hjálm Lv 11 (Ǫrv 21) as the stanza that begins the sequence of verses in Hjálmarr’s death-song, which are presented without intervening prose. Ǫrv 21 is not in the Heiðr mss. The Ǫrv mss all agree on the following sequence: Hjálm Lv 11 (Ǫrv 21), 9 (Ǫrv 19), 7 (Ǫrv 17), 12 (Ǫrv 22), 13 (Ǫrv 23), 5 (Ǫrv 15) and 8 (Ǫrv 18). Thereafter the sequences change, as described in the Introductions to sts 21-4 and sts 25-9 (and see Table 2 above).
In the Ǫrv mss this stanza comes after several in which Hjálmarr speaks romantically of his attachment to the ladies of the Swedish court at Sigtuna, especially the king’s daughter Ingibjǫrg, and how they will grieve that he will not come back to them. — [3-4]: These lines exhibit considerable variation across the mss. The alternative reading of 343a and 471, en ek unða því | eigi láði ‘but I did not love that land’ also gives sense.
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