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Fragments — Þfagr FragIII

Þorleikr fagri

Kari Ellen Gade 2017, ‘ Þorleikr fagri, 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. 484. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3222> (accessed 19 March 2024)

 

Sær þýtr, en berr bára
bjart lauðr of við rauðan,
gránn, þars golli búnum
gínn hlunnvisundr munni.
 
‘The grey sea roars, and the wave carries bright foam around the red wood where the roller-bison [SHIP] gapes with its gold-adorned mouth.
Kastar gramr á glæstar
gegn valstǫðvar þegnum
— ungr vísi gefr eisu
armleggs — digulfarmi.
 
‘The righteous ruler throws crucible-cargo [SILVER] onto the decorated falcon-perches [ARMS] of his men; the young leader gives fire of the upper arm [GOLD].
Hirð viðr grams með gerðum
gollvǫrpuðr sér holla.
 
‘The gold-flinger [GENEROUS MAN] obtains the loyalty of the lord’s retinue with [gifts of] war-gear.
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