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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Hróksv Hrkv 2VIII (Hálf 52)

[All]: The clear implication of this refusal to compare man with man is that Vifill is so far beneath the normal standards that warriors must measure up to that even swineherds would show greater courage. Implicit here also is the notion that people not of the warrior class in early Scandinavia could not possess noble qualities.

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