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Fragments — ÞSjár FragIII

Þórðr Særeksson (Sjáreksson)

Kari Ellen Gade 2017, ‘ Þórðr Særeksson (Sjáreksson), 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. 476. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1421> (accessed 24 April 2024)

 

Sveggja lét fyr Siggju
sólborðs Goti norðan;
gustr skaut Gylfa rastar
Glaumi suðr fyr Aumar.
En slóð-Goti síðan
sæðings fyr skut bæði
— hestr óð lauks fyr Lista —
lagði Kǫrmt ok Agðir.
 
‘The Goti <horse> of the ship-plank [SHIP] rocked north of Siggjo; the wind-gust pushed the Glaumr <horse> of Gylfi’s <sea-king’s> path [SEA > SHIP] south past Eime. And the Goti <horse> of the seagull’s track [(lit. ‘seagull’s track-Goti’) SEA > SHIP] then put both Karmøy and Agder behind the stern; the horse of the mast [SHIP] advanced past Lista.
Hlakkar stofns at hefna
herðendr í því sverða.
 
‘The strengtheners of swords [WARRIORS] to avenge the tree-stump of Hlǫkk <valkyrie> [WARRIOR] in that.
Varð sjǫlf suna,
nama snotr una,
Kjalarr of tamði,
kvôðut Hamði,
Guðrún bani;
goðbrúðr Vani;
heldr vel mara;
hjǫrleik spara.
 
‘Guðrún herself became the killer of her sons; the wise god-bride [Skaði] did not begin to love the Vanr [Njǫrðr]; Kjalarr <= Óðinn> tamed horses very well; they did not say that Hamðir was stingy with sword-play [BATTLE].
Svát ór fitjar fjǫtri
flóðs ásynja, blóði
— raust bifask rǫmm — en systra,
rýtr, eymylvir spýtir.
 
‘So that the goddess of the sea [= Rán] wails from the fetter of the meadow [SEA], and the island-grinder [MAELSTROM] spits out the sisters’ blood [WATER]; the strong voice trembles.
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