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5th single combat: Walther slays Hadawart, after an exchange of insults (781–845)

Tunc a Gunthario clipeum sibi postulat ipsum  Clipeum sibi postulat ipsum: i.e., the right to take the shield of Waltharius after defeating him in combat.

 

 Aeineid 9.267-268.: si vero capere Italiam sceptrisque potirei/ contigerit victori et praedae dicere sortem,/ vidisti, quo Turnus equo, quibus ibat in armis/ aureus; ipsum illum, clipeum cristasque rubentis/ excipiam sorti, iam nunc tua praemia, Nise. ‘But if it is our lot to take Italy, to wield a victor’s sceptre and to assign the spoil, you have seen the horse that Turnus rode and the armour he wore, all gold--that same horse, the shield and the crimson plumes I will set apart from the lot, your reward, Nisus, even now.’

 

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Quintus ab inflato Hadawardus pectore lusus.  DSDSDS
Hiatus: inflato Hadawardus
 
Qui pergens hastam sociis dimisit habendam,  Aeineid 11.710-711.: tradit equum comiti paribusque resistit in armis/ ense pedes nudo. ‘She hands her horse over to a comrade and confronts him in equal arms, on foot, with naked sword.’ 3.329: Heleno transmisit habendam. ‘He passed me over to Helenus’ keeping.’

 

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Audax in solum confisus inaniter ensem.  Aeneid 12.789: hic gladio fidens. . . ‘One trusting to his sword. . .’

 

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Et dum conspiceret deiecta cadavera totam 785  SDSDDS 
Conclusisse viam nec equum transire valere,  SDDSDS 
Dissiliens parat ire pedes. stetit acer in armis  Aeneid 10.453-454.: desiluit Turnus biiugis, pedes apparat ire/ comminus. ‘Down from his chariot leapt Turnus; he makes ready to close with the other on foot.’ 7.624: pars pedes ire parat. ‘Some make ready to go on foot.’ 12.938-939.: stetit acer in armis/ Aeneas. ‘Firece in his armour, Aeneas stood still.’

 

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Waltharius laudatque virum, qui praebuit aequam  Aeneid 5.419: aequemus pugnas. ‘Let us make the battle even.’

 

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Pugnandi sortem. Hadawart tum dixit ad illum:  Aeneid 5.419: aequemus pugnas. ‘Let us make the battle even.’

 

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Hiatus: sortem Hadawart
 
O versute dolis ac fraudis conscie serpens 790  Aeneid 8.393: sensit laeta dolis et formae conscia coniunx. ‘His consort knew it, rejoicing in her wiles and conscious of her beauty.’

 

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Occultare artus squamoso tegmine suetus  Georgics 2.153-154.: nec rapit immensos orbis per humum neque tanto/ squameus in spiram tractu se colligit anguis. ‘Nor yet, sweeping huge coils along the ground, does the scaly snake with his vast train wind himself into a spiral.’ Prudentius, Hamartigenia 423: squamosum thoraca gerens de pelle colubri. . . ‘Wearing a scaly breast-plate of snakeskin. . .’

 

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Elision: occultare artus
 
Ac veluti coluber girum collectus in unum  Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.910: conlectus in unum. . . ‘Gathered into one. . .’

 

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Tela tot evitas tenui sine vulneris ictu  Ictu equiv. to vestigio. Alternatively, this could be an example of the rare genitivus inhaerentiae, or synonymous genitive (cf. semita callis in line 1198).

 

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Atque venenatas ludis sine more sagittas --  Sine more: to be taken either as sine lege (“lawlessly, immoderately, uncontrollably”) or as sine exemplo (“without precedent, remarkably”); evidence for both interpretations can be drawn from the use of the phrase in the Aeneid.

 

 Aeineid 5.694: sine more furit. ‘It rages unrestrained.’

 

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Numquid et iste putas astu vitabitur ictus, 795  Aeneid 9.747: at non hoc telum, mea quod vi dextera versat,/ effugies, neque enim is teli nec vulneris auctor. ‘But you will not escape from this weapon that my right arm brandishes; for not such is the wielder of weapon and wound.’

 

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Quem propius stantis certo libramine mittit  Aeineid 9.747: at non hoc telum, mea quod vi dextera versat,/ effugies, neque enim is teli nec vulneris auctor. ‘But you will not escape from this weapon that my right arm brandishes; for not such is the wielder of weapon and wound.’

 

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Dextra manus? neque enim is teli seu vulneris auctor.  Neque enim is teli seu vulneris auctor: Various possibilities. (1) Is equiv. to the previous, defeated warrior. (2) Hadawart is still speaking of himself in the third-person. Is refers back to propius stantis and is equivalent to talis; again a comparison with his predecessors is made. (3) Is equiv. to Hadawart; the point is that the real auctor is God, i.e., annuit coeptis.

 

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Elision: neque enim; enim is
 
Audi consilium, parmam deponito pictam:  Liber Proverbiorum 19.20: audi consilium. ‘Hear counsel.’

 

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Hanc mea sors quaerit, regis quoque sponsio praestat;  DSSDDS 
Nolo quidem laedas, oculis quia complacet istis. 800  Laedas: sc. parmam
Istis equiv. to meis

 

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Sin alias, licet et lucem mihi dempseris almam,  Sin alias equiv. to sin aliter res accidit

 

 Aeneid 1.306: lux alma. . . ‘Kindly light. . .’

 

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Assunt hic plures socii carnisque propinqui,  SSDSDS 
Qui, quamvis volucrem simules pennasque capessas,  Aeneid 12.891-892.: verte omnis tete in facies et contrahe quidquid/ sive animis sive arte vales; opta ardua pennis/ astra sequi. ‘Change yourself into all shapes, muster all your powers of courage or skill; wing your flight, if you will, to the stars aloft.’

 

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Te tamen immunem numquam patientur abire.'  Liber Iudith 12.11: inmunis transeat ab eo. . . ‘So as to pass free of him. . .’

 

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Belliger at contra nil territus intulit ista: 805  DSSDDS 
De reliquis taceo, clipeum defendere curo.  Aeineid 12.95-96.: nunc, o numquam frustrata vocatus/ hasta meos, nunc tempus adest. ‘Now, spear that never failed my call, now the hour is come!’

 

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Pro meritis, mihi crede, bonis sum debitor illi.  Aeneid 12.95-96.: nunc, o numquam frustrata vocatus/ hasta meos, nunc tempus adest. ‘Now, spear that never failed my call, now the hour is come!’

 

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Hostibus iste meis se opponere saepe solebat  Aeineid 5.335: sese opposuit Salio. ‘He threw himself in the way of Salius.’

 

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Elision: se opponere
 
Et pro vulneribus suscepit vulnera nostris.  SDSSDS 
Quam sit oportunus hodie mihi, cernis, et ipse 810  Ipse equiv. to tu

 

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Non cum Walthario loquereris forsan, abesset.  Abesset: sc. si clipeus

 

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Viribus o summis hostem depellere cures,  Waltharius now addresses his two hands in turn.

 

 Aeneid 5.226: summis adnixus viribus urget. ‘He strives with all his might, pressing hard.’

 

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Dextera, ne rapiat tibi propugnacula muri!  Aeneid 9.664: it clamor totis per propugnacula muris. ‘The shout runs from tower to tower, all along the walls.’ Prudentius, Hamartigenia 492: propugnacula muris. . . ‘The defenses of the walls.’

 

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Tu clavum umbonis studeas retinere, sinistra,  Clavum umbonis: “the handle/grip of the shield”

 

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Atque ebori digitos circumfer glutine fixos! 815  Ebori equiv. to clavo, made of ivory. Locative ablative.
Glutine: “[as if] with glue”

 

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Istic ne ponas pondus, quod tanta viarum  SSSSDS 
Portasti spatia, ex Avarum nam sedibus altis!'  Aeneid 2.464-465.: altis/ sedibus. . . ‘From the lofty place. . .’

 

 
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Elision: spatia ex
 
Ille dehinc: 'invitus agis, si sponte recusas.  Invitus…sponte: a paradoxical contrast, i.e., “you’re not doing what you actually want.”

 

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Solum parmam, sed equum cum virgine et auro  SSDSDS
Elision: virgine et
 
Reddes: tum demum scelerum cruciamina pendes.' 820  SSDDDS 
Haec ait et notum vagina diripit ensem.  Aeneid 10.475: vaginaque cava fulgentem deripit ensem. ‘He plucks his flashing sword from its hollow scabbard.’ 12.759: notumque efflagitat ensem. ‘He clamours for the sword he knows.’

 

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Inter se variis terrarum partibus orti  Aeineid 12.707-708.: stupet ipse Latinus/ ingentis, genitos diversis partibus orbis,/ inter se coiisse viros et cernere ferro. ‘Latinus himself is amazed that these mighty men, born in different parts of the world, have met together and are deciding the outcome with the sword.’ 12.713-714.: tum crebros ensibus ictus/ congeminant. ‘Then with the sword they redouble blow on blow.’

 

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Concurrunt. stupuit Vosegus haec fulmina et ictus.  Vosegus: the landscape is personified as an observer.

 

 Aeneid 12.707-708.: stupet ipse Latinus/ ingentis, genitos diversis partibus orbis,/ inter se coiisse viros et cernere ferro. ‘Latinus himself is amazed that these mighty men, born in different parts of the world, have met together and are deciding the outcome with the sword.’ 12.713-714.: tum crebros ensibus ictus/ congeminant. ‘Then with the sword they redouble blow on blow.’

 

 
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Elision: fulmina et
 
Olli sublimes animis ac grandibus armis,  Aeneid 12.788-789.: olli sublimes armis animisque refecti,/ hic gladio fidens, hic acer et arduus hasta. . . ‘At full height, in arms and heart renewed, one trusting to his sword, the other fiercely towering with his spear. . .’ 11.291: ambo insignes praestantibus armis . ‘Both were renowned for courage, both eminent in arms.’

 

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Hic gladio fidens, hic acer et arduus hasta, 825  Aeneid 12.788-789.: olli sublimes armis animisque refecti,/ hic gladio fidens, hic acer et arduus hasta. . . ‘At full height, in arms and heart renewed, one trusting to his sword, the other fiercely towering with his spear. . .’ 11.291: ambo insignes praestantibus armis . ‘Both were renowned for courage, both eminent in arms.’

 

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Inter se multa et valida vi proelia miscent.  Aeneid 12.720: illi inter sese multa vi vulnera miscent. ‘With mighty force they deal mutual wounds.’ Georgics 3.220: illi alternantes multa vi proelia miscent. ‘In alternate onset they join battle with mighty force.’

 

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Elision: multa et
 
Non sic nigra sonat percussa securibus ilex,  Aeineid 6.180: sonat icta securibus ilex. ‘The ilex rings to the stroke of the axe.’ 9.381: silva fuit late dumis atque ilice nigra. ‘The forest spread wide with thickets and dark ilex.’ Eclogue 6.54: ilice sub nigra. . . ‘Under a dark ilex. . .’

 

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Ut dant tinnitus galeae clipeique resultant.  Aeneid 9.808-809.: strepit adsiduo cava tempora circum/ tinnitu galea. ‘Round his hollow temples the helmet echoes with ceaseless clash.’

 

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Mirantur Franci, quod non lassesceret heros  
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Waltharius, cui nulla quies spatiumve dabatur. 830  Aeneid 12.696: spatiumque dedere. ‘They gave him room.’

 

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Emicat hic impune putans iam Wormatiensis  Impune equiv. to se sine periculo facturum

 

 Aeineid 12.728-729.: emicit hic impune putans et corpore toto/ alte sublatum consurgit Turnus in ensem/ et ferit. . .at perfidus ensis/ frangitur in medioque ardentem deserit ictu. ‘Turnus springs forward, thinking it safe, he rises full height on his uplifted sword, and strikes. . .But the treacherous sword snaps, and in mid stroke fails its ardent lord.’

 

 
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Alte et sublato consurgit fervidus ense,  Aeneid 12.728-729.: emicit hic impune putans et corpore toto/ alte sublatum consurgit Turnus in ensem/ et ferit. . .at perfidus ensis/ frangitur in medioque ardentem deserit ictu. ‘Turnus springs forward, thinking it safe, he rises full height on his uplifted sword, and strikes. . .But the treacherous sword snaps, and in mid stroke fails its ardent lord.’

 

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Elision: alte et
 
Hoc ictu memorans semet finire duellum.  Memorans equiv. to ratus

 

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Providus at iuvenis ferientem cuspide adacta  Aeneid 9.431: viribus ensis adactus. . . ‘The sword, driven with force. . .’

 

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Elision: cuspide adacta
 
Intercepit et ignarum dimittere ferrum 835  Ignarum: Hadawart; some take it with ferrum (cf. line 1298).

 

 Aeineid 10.402: medius Rhoeteus intercipit. ‘Rhoeteus intercepts [it] midway.’

 

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Cogebat. procul in dumis resplenduit ensis.  Aeneid 12.741: fulva resplendent fragmina harena. ‘The fragments glitter on the yellow sand.’

 

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Hic ubi se gladio spoliatum vidit amico,  Aeneid 12.733-734.: fugit ocior Euro/ ut capulum ignotum dextramque aspexit inermem. ‘Swifter than the East Wind he flies, as soon as he sees an unknown hilt in his defenceless hand.’

 

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Accelerare fugam fruticesque volebat adire.  Aeneid 12.733-734.: fugit ocior Euro/ ut capulum ignotum dextramque aspexit inermem. ‘Swifter than the East Wind he flies, as soon as he sees an unknown hilt in his defenceless hand.’


Aeneid 9.378: celerare fugam in silvas. ‘They speed their flight to the wood.’  

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Alpharides fretus pedibus viridique iuventa  Alpharides: a Greek-style patronymic for Waltharius, whose father is Alphares.

 

 Aeneid 5.430: ille pedum melior motu fretusque iuventa. . . ‘The one nimbler of foot and confident in his youth. . .’ 5.295: Euryalus forma insignis viridique iuventa. . . ‘Euryalus famed for beauty and flower of youth. . .’

 

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Insequitur dicens: 'quonam fugis? accipe scutum!' 840  Quonam fugis: perhaps a light touch; cf. Ov. Met. 8.108.

 

 Aeneid 5.430: ille pedum melior motu fretusque iuventa. . . ‘The one nimbler of foot and confident in his youth. . .’ 5.295: Euryalus forma insignis viridique iuventa. . . ‘Euryalus famed for beauty and flower of youth. . .’


Aeneid 10.649: quo fugis, Aenea? thalamos ne desere pactos. ‘Where are you fleeing, Aeneas? Forsake not your plighted marriage.’ 12.359-360.: en agros et quam bello, Troiane, petisti,/ Hesperiam metire iacens. ‘See, Trojan, the fields and that Hesperia that you sought in war: lie there and measure them out!’  

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Sic ait atque hastam manibus levat ocius ambis  Aeneid 1.464: sic ait atque. . . ‘So he speaks, and. . .’

 

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Elision: H-ELISION: atque hastam
 
Et ferit. ille cadit, clipeus superintonat ingens.  Aeneid 9.709: clipeum super intonat ingens. ‘The huge shield thunders over him.’

 

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Nec tardat iuvenis: pede collum pressit et hasta  Hasta: ablative of means with infixerat in the next line

 

 Aeneid 12.356-357.: pede collo/ impresso dextrae mucronem extorquet et alto/ fulgentem tingit iugulo. ‘Planting his foot on his neck, he wrests the sword from his hand and dyes the glittering blade deep in his throat.’

 

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Divellens parmam telluri infixerat illum.  SSSSDS
Elision: telluri infixerat
 
Ipse oculos vertens animam sufflavit in auram. 845  Aeneid 8.438: Gorgona desecto vertentem lumina collo. . . ‘The Gorgon herself, with neck severed and eyes revolving. . .’ Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.247: lumina versarunt, animam simul exhalarunt. ‘They moved their dying eyes and together they breathed their last.’

 

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Elision: ipse oculos
 

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