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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Framarr Lv 2VIII (Ket 35)

[All]: The stanza presents a fine example of hubris. Framarr cannot believe that he is doomed and that the eagle is intending to attack him. In ll. 5-8 he tells the eagle that it is confused and that its hostility should be directed at Ketill, because he is the one who is going to die. The emphatic pronouns vit ‘we two’ (l. 6) and hann ‘he’ (l. 8) draw attention to Framarr’s false perception that he and the eagle are in alliance and are the main alliterating staves in ll. 5-6 and 7-8 respectively.

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