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Gestumbl Heiðr 34^VIII (Heiðr 81)

Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 81 (Gestumblindi, Heiðreks gátur 34)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 448.

Gestumblindi Heiðreks gátur

Meyjar ‘girls’

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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden

ek ‘I’

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

[1] ek: eru 597bˣ

sá ‘saw’

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2. sjá (verb): see

moldu ‘dust’

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mold (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u; -ir): earth, soil

líkar ‘like’

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líkr (adj.): like

váru ‘were’

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

þeim ‘them’

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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...

at ‘to’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

beðjum ‘beds’

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beðr (noun m.; °dat. -/-i; -ir, dat. -jum): bed

[3] beðjum: so 597bˣ, beðinn 281ˣ

björg ‘rocks’

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bjarg (noun n.; °-s; *-): mountain, cliff

svartar ‘black’

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svartr (adj.): black

[4] svartar: svartr 281ˣ, 597bˣ

ok ‘and’

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

sámar ‘swarthy’

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sámr (adj.): [swarthy]

[4] sámar: samr 281ˣ, 597bˣ

í ‘in’

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í (prep.): in, into

sólviðri ‘sunny weather’

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sólviðri (noun n.)

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[5] sólviðri ‘sunny weather’: A hap. leg., but many similar compounds with the first element sól- are attested.

en ‘but’

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2. en (conj.): but, and

þess ‘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

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[6] þess at fegri ‘the brighter’: The construction þess + comp. adj. (here fegri ‘brighter’) means ‘the more (so)’ (CVC: þat).

at ‘’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

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[6] þess at fegri ‘the brighter’: The construction þess + comp. adj. (here fegri ‘brighter’) means ‘the more (so)’ (CVC: þat).

fegri ‘brighter’

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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful

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[6] þess at fegri ‘the brighter’: The construction þess + comp. adj. (here fegri ‘brighter’) means ‘the more (so)’ (CVC: þat).

er ‘the’

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

færra ‘less’

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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few

um ‘of them’

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1. um (prep.): about, around

sér ‘is seen’

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2. sjá (verb): see

Heiðrekr ‘Heiðrekr’

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Heiðrekr (noun m.): Heiðrekr

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

konungr ‘King’

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

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

hyggðu ‘think’

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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider

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

at ‘about’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

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

gátu ‘the riddle’

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gáta (noun f.)

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

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Heiðrekr’s response is (Heiðr 1960, 82): þat eru glœðr fǫlnaðar á arni ‘those are embers grown pale in the hearth’. — Cf. Heiðr 77, which is about fire waiting to be kindled from flint in the hearth.

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