Gestumbl Heiðr 24VIII (Heiðr 71)
Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 71 (Gestumblindi, Heiðreks gátur 24)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 437.
Hverjar ‘Who’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
eru ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
brúðir ‘brides’
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brúðr (noun f.; °brúðar, dat. & acc. brúði; brúðir): woman, bride
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
ganga ‘walk’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
[2] í brimskerjum: ‘i brim skerum’ 2845, brimserkjum í 281ˣ, brimserkjum í corrected from ‘brinserkjum i’ in another hand 597bˣ, ‘j brinserkjum’ R715ˣ
brimskerjum ‘surf-skerries’
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brimsker (noun n.)
[2] í brimskerjum: ‘i brim skerum’ 2845, brimserkjum í 281ˣ, brimserkjum í corrected from ‘brinserkjum i’ in another hand 597bˣ, ‘j brinserkjum’ R715ˣ
notes
[2] brimskerjum ‘surf-skerries’: A hap. leg. Cf. Snæbj Lv 1/4, 2III, where the waves are referred to as níu brúðir skerja ‘nine brides of the skerries’. Ms. 281ˣ’s reading, brimserkjum ‘surf-shirts’ is a possible but less satisfactory variant. The reading of R715ˣ (though its prose refers to sker (Heiðr 1924, 136)) and the original reading of 597bˣ (prior to correction) is brinserkjum ‘mail-shirts’, otherwise unattested in Old Norse but cf. e.g. brynstakkr ‘mail-jacket’. This does not make satisfactory sense in the context. On these variants see Burrows (2013, 208-9).
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
eiga ‘have’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
eptir ‘along’
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eptir (prep.): after, behind
firði ‘the fjord’
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fjǫrðr (noun m.): fjord
[3] firði: firði corrected from friði in another hand 597bˣ, friði R715ˣ
för ‘a journey’
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fǫr (noun f.): journey, fate; movement
Harðan ‘hard’
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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh
beð ‘bed’
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beðr (noun m.; °dat. -/-i; -ir, dat. -jum): bed
hafa ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
[5] hafa: hafa corrected from hjá in the margin in another hand 597bˣ
inar ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
hvítföldnu ‘white-hooded ones’
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hvítfaldinn (adj./verb p.p.)
[5] hvítföldnu: so 281ˣ, 597bˣ, ‘huitfꜹlldudu konur’ 2845, ‘huitfolldu konur’ R715ˣ
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
leika ‘play’
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3. leika (verb): play
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
logni ‘the calm’
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logn (noun n.; °-s; -): calm
fátt ‘little’
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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few
Heiðrekr ‘Heiðrekr’
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Heiðrekr (noun m.): Heiðrekr
[7-8] abbrev. as ‘heid: kr·’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h Kongr’ 597bˣ
konungr ‘King’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
[7-8] abbrev. as ‘heid: kr·’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h Kongr’ 597bˣ
hyggðu ‘think’
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
[7-8] abbrev. as ‘heid: kr·’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h Kongr’ 597bˣ
at ‘about’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
[7-8] abbrev. as ‘heid: kr·’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h Kongr’ 597bˣ
gátu ‘the riddle’
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gáta (noun f.)
[7-8] abbrev. as ‘heid: kr·’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h Kongr’ 597bˣ
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Heiðrekr’s response is (Heiðr 1960, 42): Þat eru bárur, en beðir þeira eru sker ok urðir, en þær verða lítt sénar í logni ‘Those are waves, and their beds are skerries and stones, but they are little seen in calm weather’. The H redaction has (Heiðr 1924, 73): þat eru enn Ægis meyjar, ok fǫrlaz þér nú mjǫk framburðrinn ok muntu nú vilja þola dóm spekinga ‘Those are again Ægir’s girls, and you grow very weak now in your delivery, and must now wish to suffer the judgement of wise men’. — [5]: The same half-line is found in the earlier wave-riddle Heiðr 68/5 (see Note there).
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