--- In
norse_course@yahoogroups.com, Haukur Þorgeirsson
<haukurth@...> wrote:
> The word is spelled "hlær" in the 1818 edition and that's all I
have. An
> emendation to "hlgir" would make the line uncomfortably long.
Yeah, I checked the Saganet link. Metre-wise, if you could get rid
of Atli (no mean feat, that), I guess you could have some variant of
the traditional:
Hitt hloegir mik (Útsteinn, in Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka)
Hugr hloegir mik (priestess to Arrow-Oddr)
Þat hloegir mik (various)
But I suppose there´s an argument for respecting the intentions of
the 18th century author. Hey, that reminds me. Didn´t you once say
something about alliterative syllables not coming next to each
other? 'vinr víkinga' is another. Or was that more of a skaldic
convention?
skalk hvessa þrek, þessum
(þat hlægir mik) bæjar.
Sturla Þórðarson
[
http://www.hi.is/~eybjorn/ugm/skindex/stu8.html ].
> It means "manly" or "strong" in Faroese.
Well, there are Faroese ballads relating to characters in Hervarar
saga, although I´ve heard that these traditions are supposed to be
based on an early printed edition.
>
>
> > Isn't S- D's "Hiding it avails thee not"
> > better for `dugira þér at leyna' than the
> > Old Norse Online suggestion: "It is not
> > fitting for you to hide it"?
>
> Again, I agree. The latter would be a good translation of "smira".
They definitely intend it to translate DUGIRA: "Dugira -- verb; 3rd
singular present of <duga> help, aid, be of avail, be of assisstance
+ enclitic adverb; <a> not -- It is not fitting" [
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/lrc/eieol/norol-8-X.html ].
> Well, Voldemort is this evil snake-loving wizard bloke who's
supposed to
> be impossible to kill and extremely powerful - yet is thwarted by
> schoolchildren every spring. Atli and his cronies managed to off
two of
> the biggest heroes in the mythos - even if Högni and Gunnarr got
in a
> couple of last laughs.
Jörmukrekkr is pretty mean too. I bet Aðils was once, but by the
15th century, or whenever Hrólfs saga kraka is from, he´s already
displaying suspiciously Voldemortish tendencies of inneffectual
wizardry, vanishing up hollow trees, and so forth.
--- In
norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Patricia"
<originalpatricia@...> wrote:
> (Thinks: Am I the only person in
> Miðgarðr not to have read a single Harry Potter book? There,
I've admitted it
>
> No LN - bless - here's another one
Phew! Thanks Patricia. So nice to know I'm not alone...
Llama Nom