ÍvRagn Lv 1^VIII (Ragn 22)

Hafið ‘You have’

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hafa (verb): have

[1] Hafið: so Hb, ‘hafit’ or ‘hafim’ 1824b, ‘Hafit’ 147

ofrhuga ‘foolhardiness’

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ofrhugi (noun m.): recklessness

[1] ofrhuga ærinn (‘ofr hvga ęrínn’): ‘ofur huga […]r(inn)’(?) 147, ‘offrhvga ꝍrin’ Hb

ærinn ‘sufficient’

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œrinn (adj.): ample, sufficient

[1] ofrhuga ærinn (‘ofr hvga ęrínn’): ‘ofur huga […]r(inn)’(?) 147, ‘offrhvga ꝍrin’ Hb

ok ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

[2] ok áræði bæði: ‘og […]r[…] (bæði)’(?) 147

áræði ‘daring’

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áræði (noun n.; °-s): courage

[2] ok áræði bæði: ‘og […]r[…] (bæði)’(?) 147

bæði ‘both’

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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both

[2] ok áræði bæði: ‘og […]r[…] (bæði)’(?) 147

þess ‘this’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

[3] þess mundi þá þurfa: so Hb, ‘þess mundv þa þyrfa’ 1824b, ‘(þess m)[…] þa þ(urfa)’(?) 147

mundi ‘would then be’

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munu (verb): will, must

[3] þess mundi þá þurfa: so Hb, ‘þess mundv þa þyrfa’ 1824b, ‘(þess m)[…] þa þ(urfa)’(?) 147

þá ‘’

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2. þá (adv.): then

[3] þess mundi þá þurfa: so Hb, ‘þess mundv þa þyrfa’ 1824b, ‘(þess m)[…] þa þ(urfa)’(?) 147

þurfa ‘needed’

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2. þurfa (verb): need, be necessary

[3] þess mundi þá þurfa: so Hb, ‘þess mundv þa þyrfa’ 1824b, ‘(þess m)[…] þa þ(urfa)’(?) 147

at ‘that’

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4. at (conj.): that

[4] at þrá mikit fylgði: so Hb, at þar mikit fylgði 1824b, ‘(at) […]fylgdi’(?) 147

þrá ‘perseverance’

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2. þrá (noun n.): [longing]

[4] at þrá mikit fylgði: so Hb, at þar mikit fylgði 1824b, ‘(at) […]fylgdi’(?) 147

mikit ‘great’

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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large

[4] at þrá mikit fylgði: so Hb, at þar mikit fylgði 1824b, ‘(at) […]fylgdi’(?) 147

fylgði ‘should accompany’

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2. fylgja (verb): follow, accompany

[4] at þrá mikit fylgði: so Hb, at þar mikit fylgði 1824b, ‘(at) […]fylgdi’(?) 147

Bera ‘carry’

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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry

[5] Bera munuð mik fyr bragna: ‘bera mu(nd)u (m) […] bragna’(?) 147, bera man mik fyri bragna Hb

notes

[5, 6] munuð verða bera mik … ‘you (pl.) will have to carry me’: There is no need to follow CPB, Ragn 1906-8, Skj B, Skald, Ragn 1891, Ragn 1944, FSGJ and Ragn 2003 in adopting here the Hb reading man (normalised in these eds to mun), which, as a 3rd pers. sg. form, would involve taking the construction as impersonal (‘I will have to be carried’); the 2nd pers. pl. indic. munuð ‘you (pl.) will’ (retained by Rafn, FSN, and by Örnólfur Thorsson) gives perfectly good sense in the context, and is no less acceptable metrically.

munuð ‘You will’

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munu (verb): will, must

[5] Bera munuð mik fyr bragna: ‘bera mu(nd)u (m) […] bragna’(?) 147, bera man mik fyri bragna Hb

notes

[5, 6] munuð verða bera mik … ‘you (pl.) will have to carry me’: There is no need to follow CPB, Ragn 1906-8, Skj B, Skald, Ragn 1891, Ragn 1944, FSGJ and Ragn 2003 in adopting here the Hb reading man (normalised in these eds to mun), which, as a 3rd pers. sg. form, would involve taking the construction as impersonal (‘I will have to be carried’); the 2nd pers. pl. indic. munuð ‘you (pl.) will’ (retained by Rafn, FSN, and by Örnólfur Thorsson) gives perfectly good sense in the context, and is no less acceptable metrically.

mik ‘me’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

[5] Bera munuð mik fyr bragna: ‘bera mu(nd)u (m) […] bragna’(?) 147, bera man mik fyri bragna Hb

notes

[5, 6] munuð verða bera mik … ‘you (pl.) will have to carry me’: There is no need to follow CPB, Ragn 1906-8, Skj B, Skald, Ragn 1891, Ragn 1944, FSGJ and Ragn 2003 in adopting here the Hb reading man (normalised in these eds to mun), which, as a 3rd pers. sg. form, would involve taking the construction as impersonal (‘I will have to be carried’); the 2nd pers. pl. indic. munuð ‘you (pl.) will’ (retained by Rafn, FSN, and by Örnólfur Thorsson) gives perfectly good sense in the context, and is no less acceptable metrically.

fyr ‘’

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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.

[5] Bera munuð mik fyr bragna: ‘bera mu(nd)u (m) […] bragna’(?) 147, bera man mik fyri bragna Hb

bragna ‘the men’

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bragnar (noun m.): men, warriors

[5] Bera munuð mik fyr bragna: ‘bera mu(nd)u (m) […] bragna’(?) 147, bera man mik fyri bragna Hb

beinlausan ‘boneless’

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beinlauss (adj.): [boneless]

fram ‘before’

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fram (adv.): out, forth, forwards, away

verða ‘have to’

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1. verða (verb): become, be

notes

[5, 6] munuð verða bera mik … ‘you (pl.) will have to carry me’: There is no need to follow CPB, Ragn 1906-8, Skj B, Skald, Ragn 1891, Ragn 1944, FSGJ and Ragn 2003 in adopting here the Hb reading man (normalised in these eds to mun), which, as a 3rd pers. sg. form, would involve taking the construction as impersonal (‘I will have to be carried’); the 2nd pers. pl. indic. munuð ‘you (pl.) will’ (retained by Rafn, FSN, and by Örnólfur Thorsson) gives perfectly good sense in the context, and is no less acceptable metrically.

þó ‘even’

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þó (adv.): though

[7] þó á* ek hönd: ‘þo at ek haund’ 1824b, ‘[…] haund’ 147, þó gat ek hönd Hb

notes

[7-8] þó á* ek hönd til hefnda, at ek nýta hváriga ‘I’ll have a hand in the pursuit of vengeance, even though I use neither of them’: There seems no need to follow the eds cited above with reference to man/mun (as opposed to munuð) in l. 5 in adopting here the Hb reading gat ek ‘I (have) obtained’; the emended 1824b reading á* ek ‘I(’ll) have’, adopted by Örnólfur Thorsson (Ragn 1985), gives better sense. On the other hand the Hb reading hefnda, retained by all previous eds apart from Rafn (FSN) seems preferable to 1824b’s ‘hręfa’ (= hræva, gen. pl. of hræ n. ‘corpse’ (?)). Whether the reading á* ek (1824b) or gat ek (Hb) is adopted, a metaphorical interpretation of hönd ‘hand’ seems required; Finnur Jónsson (Hb 1892-6, 462), followed here by Olsen (Ragn 1906-8, 210), translates gat ek hönd til hefnda as: jeg har fået en hånd til hævn (჻ ånd og kløgt) ‘I have obtained a hand for purposes of vengeance (i.e. spirit and ingenuity)’.

á* ‘have’

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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have

[7] þó á* ek hönd: ‘þo at ek haund’ 1824b, ‘[…] haund’ 147, þó gat ek hönd Hb

notes

[7-8] þó á* ek hönd til hefnda, at ek nýta hváriga ‘I’ll have a hand in the pursuit of vengeance, even though I use neither of them’: There seems no need to follow the eds cited above with reference to man/mun (as opposed to munuð) in l. 5 in adopting here the Hb reading gat ek ‘I (have) obtained’; the emended 1824b reading á* ek ‘I(’ll) have’, adopted by Örnólfur Thorsson (Ragn 1985), gives better sense. On the other hand the Hb reading hefnda, retained by all previous eds apart from Rafn (FSN) seems preferable to 1824b’s ‘hręfa’ (= hræva, gen. pl. of hræ n. ‘corpse’ (?)). Whether the reading á* ek (1824b) or gat ek (Hb) is adopted, a metaphorical interpretation of hönd ‘hand’ seems required; Finnur Jónsson (Hb 1892-6, 462), followed here by Olsen (Ragn 1906-8, 210), translates gat ek hönd til hefnda as: jeg har fået en hånd til hævn (჻ ånd og kløgt) ‘I have obtained a hand for purposes of vengeance (i.e. spirit and ingenuity)’.

ek ‘I’ll’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

[7] þó á* ek hönd: ‘þo at ek haund’ 1824b, ‘[…] haund’ 147, þó gat ek hönd Hb

notes

[7-8] þó á* ek hönd til hefnda, at ek nýta hváriga ‘I’ll have a hand in the pursuit of vengeance, even though I use neither of them’: There seems no need to follow the eds cited above with reference to man/mun (as opposed to munuð) in l. 5 in adopting here the Hb reading gat ek ‘I (have) obtained’; the emended 1824b reading á* ek ‘I(’ll) have’, adopted by Örnólfur Thorsson (Ragn 1985), gives better sense. On the other hand the Hb reading hefnda, retained by all previous eds apart from Rafn (FSN) seems preferable to 1824b’s ‘hręfa’ (= hræva, gen. pl. of hræ n. ‘corpse’ (?)). Whether the reading á* ek (1824b) or gat ek (Hb) is adopted, a metaphorical interpretation of hönd ‘hand’ seems required; Finnur Jónsson (Hb 1892-6, 462), followed here by Olsen (Ragn 1906-8, 210), translates gat ek hönd til hefnda as: jeg har fået en hånd til hævn (჻ ånd og kløgt) ‘I have obtained a hand for purposes of vengeance (i.e. spirit and ingenuity)’.

hönd ‘a hand’

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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand

[7] þó á* ek hönd: ‘þo at ek haund’ 1824b, ‘[…] haund’ 147, þó gat ek hönd Hb

notes

[7-8] þó á* ek hönd til hefnda, at ek nýta hváriga ‘I’ll have a hand in the pursuit of vengeance, even though I use neither of them’: There seems no need to follow the eds cited above with reference to man/mun (as opposed to munuð) in l. 5 in adopting here the Hb reading gat ek ‘I (have) obtained’; the emended 1824b reading á* ek ‘I(’ll) have’, adopted by Örnólfur Thorsson (Ragn 1985), gives better sense. On the other hand the Hb reading hefnda, retained by all previous eds apart from Rafn (FSN) seems preferable to 1824b’s ‘hręfa’ (= hræva, gen. pl. of hræ n. ‘corpse’ (?)). Whether the reading á* ek (1824b) or gat ek (Hb) is adopted, a metaphorical interpretation of hönd ‘hand’ seems required; Finnur Jónsson (Hb 1892-6, 462), followed here by Olsen (Ragn 1906-8, 210), translates gat ek hönd til hefnda as: jeg har fået en hånd til hævn (჻ ånd og kløgt) ‘I have obtained a hand for purposes of vengeance (i.e. spirit and ingenuity)’.

til ‘in’

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til (prep.): to

[7] til hefnda: so Hb, ‘til hręfa’ 1824b, ‘[…] h(ræf)[…]’ 147

notes

[7-8] þó á* ek hönd til hefnda, at ek nýta hváriga ‘I’ll have a hand in the pursuit of vengeance, even though I use neither of them’: There seems no need to follow the eds cited above with reference to man/mun (as opposed to munuð) in l. 5 in adopting here the Hb reading gat ek ‘I (have) obtained’; the emended 1824b reading á* ek ‘I(’ll) have’, adopted by Örnólfur Thorsson (Ragn 1985), gives better sense. On the other hand the Hb reading hefnda, retained by all previous eds apart from Rafn (FSN) seems preferable to 1824b’s ‘hręfa’ (= hræva, gen. pl. of hræ n. ‘corpse’ (?)). Whether the reading á* ek (1824b) or gat ek (Hb) is adopted, a metaphorical interpretation of hönd ‘hand’ seems required; Finnur Jónsson (Hb 1892-6, 462), followed here by Olsen (Ragn 1906-8, 210), translates gat ek hönd til hefnda as: jeg har fået en hånd til hævn (჻ ånd og kløgt) ‘I have obtained a hand for purposes of vengeance (i.e. spirit and ingenuity)’.

hefnda ‘the pursuit of vengeance’

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hefnd (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): revenge

[7] til hefnda: so Hb, ‘til hręfa’ 1824b, ‘[…] h(ræf)[…]’ 147

notes

[7-8] þó á* ek hönd til hefnda, at ek nýta hváriga ‘I’ll have a hand in the pursuit of vengeance, even though I use neither of them’: There seems no need to follow the eds cited above with reference to man/mun (as opposed to munuð) in l. 5 in adopting here the Hb reading gat ek ‘I (have) obtained’; the emended 1824b reading á* ek ‘I(’ll) have’, adopted by Örnólfur Thorsson (Ragn 1985), gives better sense. On the other hand the Hb reading hefnda, retained by all previous eds apart from Rafn (FSN) seems preferable to 1824b’s ‘hręfa’ (= hræva, gen. pl. of hræ n. ‘corpse’ (?)). Whether the reading á* ek (1824b) or gat ek (Hb) is adopted, a metaphorical interpretation of hönd ‘hand’ seems required; Finnur Jónsson (Hb 1892-6, 462), followed here by Olsen (Ragn 1906-8, 210), translates gat ek hönd til hefnda as: jeg har fået en hånd til hævn (჻ ånd og kløgt) ‘I have obtained a hand for purposes of vengeance (i.e. spirit and ingenuity)’.

at ‘though’

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4. at (conj.): that

[8] at ek hváriga nýta: so Hb, ‘at hvarriga ney⸌t⸍gi’ 1824b, ‘[…] (n[…]tgi)’(?) 147

notes

[7-8] þó á* ek hönd til hefnda, at ek nýta hváriga ‘I’ll have a hand in the pursuit of vengeance, even though I use neither of them’: There seems no need to follow the eds cited above with reference to man/mun (as opposed to munuð) in l. 5 in adopting here the Hb reading gat ek ‘I (have) obtained’; the emended 1824b reading á* ek ‘I(’ll) have’, adopted by Örnólfur Thorsson (Ragn 1985), gives better sense. On the other hand the Hb reading hefnda, retained by all previous eds apart from Rafn (FSN) seems preferable to 1824b’s ‘hręfa’ (= hræva, gen. pl. of hræ n. ‘corpse’ (?)). Whether the reading á* ek (1824b) or gat ek (Hb) is adopted, a metaphorical interpretation of hönd ‘hand’ seems required; Finnur Jónsson (Hb 1892-6, 462), followed here by Olsen (Ragn 1906-8, 210), translates gat ek hönd til hefnda as: jeg har fået en hånd til hævn (჻ ånd og kløgt) ‘I have obtained a hand for purposes of vengeance (i.e. spirit and ingenuity)’.

ek ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

[8] at ek hváriga nýta: so Hb, ‘at hvarriga ney⸌t⸍gi’ 1824b, ‘[…] (n[…]tgi)’(?) 147

notes

[7-8] þó á* ek hönd til hefnda, at ek nýta hváriga ‘I’ll have a hand in the pursuit of vengeance, even though I use neither of them’: There seems no need to follow the eds cited above with reference to man/mun (as opposed to munuð) in l. 5 in adopting here the Hb reading gat ek ‘I (have) obtained’; the emended 1824b reading á* ek ‘I(’ll) have’, adopted by Örnólfur Thorsson (Ragn 1985), gives better sense. On the other hand the Hb reading hefnda, retained by all previous eds apart from Rafn (FSN) seems preferable to 1824b’s ‘hręfa’ (= hræva, gen. pl. of hræ n. ‘corpse’ (?)). Whether the reading á* ek (1824b) or gat ek (Hb) is adopted, a metaphorical interpretation of hönd ‘hand’ seems required; Finnur Jónsson (Hb 1892-6, 462), followed here by Olsen (Ragn 1906-8, 210), translates gat ek hönd til hefnda as: jeg har fået en hånd til hævn (჻ ånd og kløgt) ‘I have obtained a hand for purposes of vengeance (i.e. spirit and ingenuity)’.

hváriga ‘neither of them’

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hvárgi (pron.): neither

[8] at ek hváriga nýta: so Hb, ‘at hvarriga ney⸌t⸍gi’ 1824b, ‘[…] (n[…]tgi)’(?) 147

notes

[7-8] þó á* ek hönd til hefnda, at ek nýta hváriga ‘I’ll have a hand in the pursuit of vengeance, even though I use neither of them’: There seems no need to follow the eds cited above with reference to man/mun (as opposed to munuð) in l. 5 in adopting here the Hb reading gat ek ‘I (have) obtained’; the emended 1824b reading á* ek ‘I(’ll) have’, adopted by Örnólfur Thorsson (Ragn 1985), gives better sense. On the other hand the Hb reading hefnda, retained by all previous eds apart from Rafn (FSN) seems preferable to 1824b’s ‘hręfa’ (= hræva, gen. pl. of hræ n. ‘corpse’ (?)). Whether the reading á* ek (1824b) or gat ek (Hb) is adopted, a metaphorical interpretation of hönd ‘hand’ seems required; Finnur Jónsson (Hb 1892-6, 462), followed here by Olsen (Ragn 1906-8, 210), translates gat ek hönd til hefnda as: jeg har fået en hånd til hævn (჻ ånd og kløgt) ‘I have obtained a hand for purposes of vengeance (i.e. spirit and ingenuity)’.

nýta ‘use’

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nýta (verb): enjoy, use

[8] at ek hváriga nýta: so Hb, ‘at hvarriga ney⸌t⸍gi’ 1824b, ‘[…] (n[…]tgi)’(?) 147

notes

[7-8] þó á* ek hönd til hefnda, at ek nýta hváriga ‘I’ll have a hand in the pursuit of vengeance, even though I use neither of them’: There seems no need to follow the eds cited above with reference to man/mun (as opposed to munuð) in l. 5 in adopting here the Hb reading gat ek ‘I (have) obtained’; the emended 1824b reading á* ek ‘I(’ll) have’, adopted by Örnólfur Thorsson (Ragn 1985), gives better sense. On the other hand the Hb reading hefnda, retained by all previous eds apart from Rafn (FSN) seems preferable to 1824b’s ‘hręfa’ (= hræva, gen. pl. of hræ n. ‘corpse’ (?)). Whether the reading á* ek (1824b) or gat ek (Hb) is adopted, a metaphorical interpretation of hönd ‘hand’ seems required; Finnur Jónsson (Hb 1892-6, 462), followed here by Olsen (Ragn 1906-8, 210), translates gat ek hönd til hefnda as: jeg har fået en hånd til hævn (჻ ånd og kløgt) ‘I have obtained a hand for purposes of vengeance (i.e. spirit and ingenuity)’.