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Gestumbl Heiðr 15^VIII (Heiðr 62)

Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 62 (Gestumblindi, Heiðreks gátur 15)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 425.

Gestumblindi Heiðreks gátur

Hvat ‘What’

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hvat (pron.): what

[1-3] abbrev. as ‘hv^d er þ̿ er’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘hvad e^r þad e^r’ 597bˣ

er ‘is’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

[1-3] abbrev. as ‘hv^d er þ̿ er’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘hvad e^r þad e^r’ 597bˣ

þat ‘the’

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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

[1-3] abbrev. as ‘hv^d er þ̿ er’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘hvad e^r þad e^r’ 597bˣ

undra ‘wonder’

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2. undr (noun n.; °-s; -): wonder, marvel

[1-3] abbrev. as ‘hv^d er þ̿ er’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘hvad e^r þad e^r’ 597bˣ

er ‘that’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

[1-3] abbrev. as ‘hv^d er þ̿ er’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘hvad e^r þad e^r’ 597bˣ

ek ‘saw’

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

[1-3] abbrev. as ‘hv^d er þ̿ er’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘hvad e^r þad e^r’ 597bˣ

úti ‘outside’

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úti (adv.): out, outdoors, out at sea, abroad

[1-3] abbrev. as ‘hv^d er þ̿ er’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘hvad e^r þad e^r’ 597bˣ

sá ‘I’

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2. sjá (verb): see

[1-3] abbrev. as ‘hv^d er þ̿ er’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘hvad e^r þad e^r’ 597bˣ

fyrir ‘before’

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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of

[1-3] abbrev. as ‘hv^d er þ̿ er’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘hvad e^r þad e^r’ 597bˣ

Dellings ‘Dellingr’s’

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Dellingr (noun m.)

[1-3] abbrev. as ‘hv^d er þ̿ er’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘hvad e^r þad e^r’ 597bˣ

durum ‘doors’

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1. dyrr (noun f.; °gen. dura/dyra, dat. durum/dyrum): door

[1-3] abbrev. as ‘hv^d er þ̿ er’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘hvad e^r þad e^r’ 597bˣ

Lýðum ‘to men’

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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people

lýsir ‘It gives light’

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2. lýsa (verb): illuminate, show

en ‘but’

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2. en (conj.): but, and

loga ‘flame’

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logi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): flame

[5] loga: logi 281ˣ, 597bˣ

notes

[5] loga ‘flame’: The emendation was first suggested by Grundtvig (Heiðr 1873, 246 n. 6); however Bugge, who noted this, chose instead to print lönd öll yfir ‘over all lands’ as l. 5 of this stanza, based on the prose. The eds of Edd. Min. were the first to take up Grundtvig’s proposal, and it is also adopted in Heiðr 1960. The paradox is apt and the sense preferable to the emendation of Skj B and Skald, lǫgr ‘sea’.

gleypir ‘swallows’

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gleypa (verb): swallow

ok ‘and’

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

keppaz ‘compete’

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keppa (verb): compete

um ‘for’

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1. um (prep.): about, around

þat ‘it’

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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

vargar ‘wolves’

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vargr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): wolf

ávalt ‘always’

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ávallt (adv.): always

Heiðrekr ‘King’

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Heiðrekr (noun m.): Heiðrekr

[7-8] abbrev. as ‘heidr: k^r’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h K:’ 597bˣ

konungr ‘Heiðrekr’

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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king

[7-8] abbrev. as ‘heidr: k^r’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h K:’ 597bˣ

hyggðu ‘think about’

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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider

[7-8] abbrev. as ‘heidr: k^r’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h K:’ 597bˣ

at ‘the ’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

[7-8] abbrev. as ‘heidr: k^r’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h K:’ 597bˣ

gátu ‘riddle’

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gáta (noun f.)

[7-8] abbrev. as ‘heidr: k^r’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h K:’ 597bˣ

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Heiðrekr replies (Heiðr 1960, 81): þat er sól; hon lýsir lǫnd ǫll ok skínn yfir alla menn, en Skalli ok Hatti heita vargar ... en annarr þeira ferr fyrir, en annarr eptir sólu ‘that is the sun; she illuminates all lands and shines over all men, and the wolves are called Skalli and Hatti ... and one of them goes before, and the other after the sun’. On these wolves see Note to l. 6. — [1]: See Note to Heiðr 55/1. — [1-3]: The mss are ambiguous as to whether the opening formula is intended here (their readings could be an abbreviation of these lines, as in the previous stanzas), or whether the riddle is simply intended to read Hvat er þat er lýðum lýsir… ‘What is it that gives light to men…’. Considering the heavy use of abbreviation in these lines elsewhere, and the H redaction’s practice of grouping riddles with a similar beginning together, it is assumed here and by other eds that the formula should be understood. See also Note to Heiðr 58/1-3. — [6]: This conceit is found in Grí 39 and Gylf, in both of which the wolves are called Skǫll and Hati rather than Skalli and Hatti as in the prose solution here. Gylf explains that the sun travels fast because she is being chased, specifying (SnE 2005, 14): Hann [i.e Skǫll] hræðisk hon ok hann mun taka hana, en sá heitir Hati Hróðvitnisson er fyrir henni hleypr, ok vill hann taka tunglit, ok svá mun verða ‘She is afraid of him and he will catch her, and that one is called Hati Hróðvitnisson who runs before her, and he wishes to catch the moon, and so it will happen’. In Vafþr 47 it is the mythical wolf Fenrir who will swallow the sun at Ragnarǫk.

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