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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Kálfv 1III/7 — Skævaði ‘Skævaðr’

Dagr reið Drǫsli         en Dvalinn Móðni,
Hǫð Hjálmþér         en Haki Fáki.
Reið bani Belja         Blóðughófa
en Skævaði         skati Haddingja.

Dagr reið Drǫsli en Dvalinn Móðni, Hjálmþér Hǫð en Haki Fáki. Bani Belja reið Blóðughófa en skati Haddingja Skævaði.

Dagr rode Drǫsull and Dvalinn Móðnir, Hjálmþér Hǫðr and Haki Fákr. The slayer of Beli <giant> [= Freyr] rode Blóðughófi and the champion of the Haddingjar <legendary family> [= Helgi] Skævaðr.

readings

[7] Skævaði: ‘sceradi’

notes

[7] Skævaði ‘Skævaðr’: Listed as a heiti for ‘horse’ in Þul Hesta 1/6 and Þorgþ I 2/2, and probably an agent noun derived from the weak verb skæva ‘walk, hurry’ (see, e.g., HHund II 4/5, Oddrgr 32/2, Akv 35/1).

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