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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to ǪrvOdd Ævdr 31VIII (Ǫrv 101)

[4] sem refar hundum ‘like foxes to dogs’: The simile here suggests that the unidentified jarl’s troops are used to being attacked by more aggressive warriors, among whom Oddr doubtless includes himself and his men. It is not clear from the prose text who ‘the jarl’s troops’ are, as the episode concerns a group of berserks.

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