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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Konunga 2III/2 — hertogi ‘army-leader’

Hildingr, harri         ok hertogi,
mæringr, hilmir,         mildingr ok Nórr,
lofðungr, niflungr         ok landreki,
þengill, vísi,         þjóðann, konungr.

Hildingr, harri ok hertogi, mæringr, hilmir, mildingr ok Nórr, lofðungr, niflungr ok landreki, þengill, vísi, þjóðann, konungr.

Warrior, lord and army-leader, illustrious one, helmet-provider, munificent one and Nórr, descendant of Lofði, one of the Niflungar and land-ruler, chieftain, leader, sovereign, king.

readings

[2] hertogi: ‘her[…]gi’ B, ‘hertugí’ 744ˣ

notes

[2] hertogi (m.) ‘army-leader’: The word originally meant ‘army-’ or ‘war-leader’ and is often used in this sense in poetry (cf. tyggi m. ‘chieftain’, st. 1/8 above). Owing to foreign influence, hertogi later became the Scandinavian honorific for ‘duke’ (< MLG hertoge, hertoch; see Notes to Sturl Hákkv 23/8II and Ólhv Hryn 5/8II). 

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