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Fragments — Arn FragIII

Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson

Diana Whaley 2017, ‘ Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Fragments’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 3. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1105> (accessed 26 April 2024)

 

Míkáll vegr, þats misgǫrt þykkir,
mannvitsfróðr, ok allt it góða;
tyggi skiptir síðan seggjum
sólar hjalms á dœmistóli.
 
‘Michael, wise with discernment, weighs what seems wrongly done, and all that is good; the sovereign of the helmet of the sun [SKY/HEAVEN > = God] then separates out men at his judgement-seat.
Svalg áttbogi ylgjar
ógóðr, en varð blóði
grœðir grœnn at rauðum,
grandauknum ná, blandinn.
 
‘The evil offspring of the she-wolf [WOLF] swallowed a wound-swollen corpse, and the green surge, mingled with blood, turned to red.
Siklinga venr snekkjur
sælútar konr úti;
hann litar herskip innan
— hrafns góð es þat — blóði.
 
‘The descendant of princes [RULER] trains sea-plunging longships [to sail] out at sea; he stains warships within with blood; that is the raven’s gain.
Bekks lá eldr ok axla
ulfliðs Dǫnum miðli;
ek sá armhrauð þakka
eitt Skônunga hônum.
 
‘Fire of the stream [GOLD] lay between the wrist and shoulders of the Danes; I saw the Skánungar thank him for one arm-ring.
Sæll es Sýrhallar
†seiða beinreiðar†.
 
‘… of Sýr’s <= Freyja’s> hall is fortunate …
Kreisti knútu lostna
klifs bein fjǫrusteini.
 
‘The bone of the cliff [STONE] pressed against the joint, battered by beach-shingle.
Sumar hvern frekum erni
 
‘Every summer to the greedy eagle.
Foldar fiðr.
 
‘Plumage of the earth [GRASS].
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