Óláfr hvítaskáld Þórðarson, <i>Fragments</i>

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Fragments — Ólhv Frag^III

Tarrin Wills 2017, ‘ Óláfr hvítaskáld 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. 302. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3351> (accessed 3 May 2024)

Vættik harms, nema hitta
hǫfuðgulls náim Fullu.

‘I hope for sorrow, unless we [I] manage to meet with the Fulla <goddess> of head-gold [HEADDRESS > WOMAN].’

Þat hefk sagt,
es sjálfr vissak;
dulðr ferk hins,
es drengr þegir.

‘I have said what I knew myself; I am ignorant of what the man is [I am] silent about.’

Hermenn gátum hinnig
hugstinnan gram vinna.

‘We [I] have found out that the single-minded lord defeated warriors there.’

Flugu hrafnar tveir af Hnikars ǫxlum;
Huginn til hanga, en á hræ Muninn.

‘Two ravens flew from Hnikarr’s <= Óðinn’s> shoulders; Huginn to the hanged one, and Muninn to the corpse.’

Herr búask hvatt til snerru.

‘The army prepare themselves keenly for battle.’

Harða, hvatfœra, hrausta, vígtama,
snarpa, snarráða sá gat hirð ræsir.

‘That prince got a tough, fast-acting, brave, war-experienced, keen, resolute retinue.’

Áðr grimmhugaðr gengi
af grjót-Móða dauðum.

‘Before the fierce-minded one walked away from the dead rock-Móði <god> [GIANT].’

Kjǫlr brunar kløkkr á fǫlvar
krapthár meginbárur.

‘The high-planked, flexing keel speeds over the white large waves.’

Vǫndrs Máría mynduð
(meins en eplit hreina
endr gat) Jesse kindar
(alls grœðari kallask).

‘Mary is symbolised by the branch of Jesse’s kin, and the healer of all evil [= Christ] was once called the pure apple.’

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