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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon (LaufE) 1III/1 — leik ‘pleasure’

Hvé fyr leik, en lauka
Lofn kunni þat stofna,
stórvænn, styrjar kenni,
stendr línapaldr mínum.

Hvé stórvænn línapaldr stendr fyr leik mínum, en Lofn lauka kunni stofna þat kenni styrjar.

How the mightily fair linen-apple-tree [WOMAN] prevents my pleasure, and the Lofn <goddess> of leeks [WOMAN] could inflict that on the master of battle [WARRIOR].

readings

[1] leik: ‘lick’ 2368ˣ

notes

[1, 4] stendr fyr leik mínum ‘prevents my pleasure’: Leik ‘sport, game, pleasure’ has clear sexual overtones in this and similar skaldic asides (see Anon Stríðk Note to [All]; cf. also Anon (SnE) 2, which also contains the verb standa fyr ‘prevent’, and Mberf Lv 3/4II).

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