Gestumbl Heiðr 27VIII (Heiðr 74)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 74 (Gestumblindi, Heiðreks gátur 27)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 441.
Hvat ‘What’
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hvat (pron.): what
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
dýra ‘creature’
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1. dýr (noun n.; °-s (spec.: dyʀiɴs KonrA 66⁴, etc., cf. Seip 1955 188-189); -): animal
er ‘that’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
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[2] hlífir Dönum ‘protects Danes’: Ms. R715ˣ has Danir skemma ‘the Danes damage’, although in the prose solution (Heiðr 1924, 138), hann skeina Danir opt ‘the Danes scratch him often’. Either (skemma or skeina) provides an acceptable alternative. ‘Danes’ should perhaps be understood as men in general (Heiðr 1956, 81 n. to p. 45, l. 4).
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[2] hlífir Dönum ‘protects Danes’: Ms. R715ˣ has Danir skemma ‘the Danes damage’, although in the prose solution (Heiðr 1924, 138), hann skeina Danir opt ‘the Danes scratch him often’. Either (skemma or skeina) provides an acceptable alternative. ‘Danes’ should perhaps be understood as men in general (Heiðr 1956, 81 n. to p. 45, l. 4).
berr ‘bears’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
blóðugt ‘a bloody’
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blóðigr (adj.; °blóðgan/blóðugan (f. dat. sg. bloðre Gulᴵ 82³⁴)): bloody
en ‘but’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
bergr ‘saves’
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1. bjarga (verb; °bergr (biærgr Alk619 77⁹; biargr ÓH619 119¹); barg, burgu; borginn): to save, preserve
firum ‘men’
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firar (noun m.): men
líf ‘life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
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[6] sumum ‘some’: Preferable to 2845’s firum ‘men’ to avoid repetition from l. 4.
leggr ‘lays’
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leggja (verb): put, lay
við ‘against’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
sitt ‘its’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
guma ‘of a man’
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gumi (noun m.; °-a; gumar/gumnar): man
[8] guma: so R715ˣ, gumi all others
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[8] guma ‘of a man’: Only R715ˣ has the gen. sg., which makes most sense and is adopted by most eds, as here. The other mss read gumi nom. sg., which could be construed ‘a man lays his body against its palm’. Tolkien, who adopts this reading (Heiðr 1960, 39 and n. 3), surmises that ‘R’s text means that the inner side of the shield is called its lófi (palm, i.e. hollow inner side of the hand)’, but there are no recorded instances of such a usage.
Heiðrekr ‘Heiðrekr’
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Heiðrekr (noun m.): Heiðrekr
[9-10] abbrev. as ‘h k’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘heidr: kr’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h K:’ 597bˣ
konungr ‘King’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
[9-10] abbrev. as ‘h k’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘heidr: kr’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h K:’ 597bˣ
hyggðu ‘think’
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
[9-10] abbrev. as ‘h k’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘heidr: kr’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h K:’ 597bˣ
at ‘about’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
[9-10] abbrev. as ‘h k’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘heidr: kr’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h K:’ 597bˣ
gátu ‘the riddle’
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gáta (noun f.)
[9-10] abbrev. as ‘h k’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘heidr: kr’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h K:’ 597bˣ
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Heiðrekr’s response is (Heiðr 1960, 39): Þat er skjǫldr; hann verðr opt blóðugr í bardǫgum ok hlífir vel þeim mǫnnum, er skjaldfimir eru ‘That is a shield; it often becomes bloody in battles and protects those men well who are deft with a shield’. — [1]: See Note to Heiðr 73/1. — [4]: Cf. Heiðr 53/4.
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