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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þhorn Harkv 12I/2 — eygja ‘eyed’

‘Valr lá þar á sandi         vitinn inum eineygja
Friggjar faðmbyggvi;         fǫgnuðum dôð slíkri.

‘Valr lá þar á sandi, vitinn inum eineygja faðmbyggvi Friggjar; fǫgnuðum slíkri dôð.

‘The slain lay there on the sand, dedicated to the one-eyed embrace-occupier of Frigg <goddess> [= Óðinn]; we welcomed such doings.

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[2] ‑eygja: ‘æyia’ W

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[2-3] inum eineygja faðmbyggvi Friggjar ‘to the one-eyed embrace-occupier of Frigg <goddess> [= Óðinn]’: Frigg is Óðinn’s wife. According to SnE (2005, 17; cf. Vsp 27-8), he was obliged to give one eye as a pledge to Mímir when he requested a drink from Mímir’s spring, a source of wisdom.

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