Gestumbl Heiðr 6VIII (Heiðr 53)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 53 (Gestumblindi, Heiðreks gátur 6)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 415.
Hverr ‘Who’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
sá ‘that’
[1] sá: om. R715ˣ
inn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
mikli ‘great one’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
mörgu ‘much’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
ræðr ‘governs’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
horfir ‘turns’
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2. horfa (verb): face, look at
[3] horfir: horfir corrected from hverfir in the margin in another hand 597bˣ
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
notes
[3] til heljar ‘to Hel’: See Note to Heiðr 32/1. Here in the sense ‘to the realm of the dead’ (LP:1. hel, Hel 1), i.e. the fluke (ON fleinn) fastens into the bed of a body of water (grunnr in the prose solution) pointing downwards. Cf. Gestumbl Heiðr 8/4-5 (Heiðr 55), which describes a leek pointing á helvega ‘towards the roads to Hel’ with its head.
heljar ‘Hel’
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1. hel (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju): death, Hel, hell
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[3] til heljar ‘to Hel’: See Note to Heiðr 32/1. Here in the sense ‘to the realm of the dead’ (LP:1. hel, Hel 1), i.e. the fluke (ON fleinn) fastens into the bed of a body of water (grunnr in the prose solution) pointing downwards. Cf. Gestumbl Heiðr 8/4-5 (Heiðr 55), which describes a leek pointing á helvega ‘towards the roads to Hel’ with its head.
hálfr ‘half’
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halfr (adj.): half
*Öldum ‘men’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age
[4] *Öldum: hölðum 2845, 281ˣ, 597bˣ, 203ˣ, ýtum R715ˣ
notes
[4] *öldum ‘men’: All the mss have a word meaning ‘men’ here, ýtum in the case of R715ˣ and hölðum in all the others, which lacks alliteration with the following line. Mss 281ˣ and 597bˣ achieve the alliteration with hjörð ‘herd’ for jörð in l. 5, but this makes little sense. Most eds, as here, emend to öldum. Cf. Hym 22/2 (NK 92): sá er ǫldom bergr ‘that one who protects men’, referring to the god Þórr in his fight with Miðgarðsormr. Kock retains hǫlðum and emends jörð to hjarl ‘land’ (Skald; NN §2361), which produces the desired meaning but is without ms. justification.
bergr ‘He protects’
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1. bjarga (verb; °bergr (biærgr Alk619 77⁹; biargr ÓH619 119¹); barg, burgu; borginn): to save, preserve
[4] bergr: heitir bergr R715ˣ, hann bergr 281ˣ, 597bˣ, 203ˣ
jörð ‘the earth’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
[5] jörð: jörðu R715ˣ, hjörð 281ˣ, 597bˣ, ‘suo᷎rd’ 203ˣ
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[6] hann: om. R715ˣ
hefir ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
notes
[4]: Cf. Gestumbl Heiðr 27/4 (Heiðr 74).
vel ‘a well’
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vel (adv.): well, very
traustan ‘trusted’
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traustr (adj.): trusty
vin ‘friend’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
Heiðrekr ‘Heiðrekr’
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Heiðrekr (noun m.): Heiðrekr
[7-8] abbrev. as ‘h k̄’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘heidr: k: higg ad’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h: Kongur h: þu ad etc’ corrected from ‘h: Kongur h: þu etc’ in the margin in another hand 597bˣ, abbrev. as ‘h. k. h. þ. a. Gatu’ 203ˣ
konungr ‘King’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
[7-8] abbrev. as ‘h k̄’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘heidr: k: higg ad’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h: Kongur h: þu ad etc’ corrected from ‘h: Kongur h: þu etc’ in the margin in another hand 597bˣ, abbrev. as ‘h. k. h. þ. a. Gatu’ 203ˣ
hyggðu ‘think’
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
[7-8] abbrev. as ‘h k̄’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘heidr: k: higg ad’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h: Kongur h: þu ad etc’ corrected from ‘h: Kongur h: þu etc’ in the margin in another hand 597bˣ, abbrev. as ‘h. k. h. þ. a. Gatu’ 203ˣ
at ‘about’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
[7-8] abbrev. as ‘h k̄’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘heidr: k: higg ad’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h: Kongur h: þu ad etc’ corrected from ‘h: Kongur h: þu etc’ in the margin in another hand 597bˣ, abbrev. as ‘h. k. h. þ. a. Gatu’ 203ˣ
gátu ‘the riddle’
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gáta (noun f.)
[7-8] abbrev. as ‘h k̄’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘heidr: k: higg ad’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h: Kongur h: þu ad etc’ corrected from ‘h: Kongur h: þu etc’ in the margin in another hand 597bˣ, abbrev. as ‘h. k. h. þ. a. Gatu’ 203ˣ
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Heiðrekr’s response is (Heiðr 1960, 42): þat er akkeri með góðum streng; ef fleinn hans er í grunni, þá bergr þat ‘that is an anchor with a good rope; if his fluke is in the bed [of the sea etc.], then it is safe’. The H redaction has a longer explanation and adds (Heiðr 1924, 62): En mjǫk undrumz ek orðfimi þína ok vitrleik ‘But I wonder greatly at your word-skill and wisdom’.
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