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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þmaur Frag 1III/1 — Sér ‘One can see’

Sér á seima rýri,
sigðis látrs at átti,
hrauns glaðsendir handa,
Hermóðr fǫður góðan.

Sér á rýri seima, glaðsendir hrauns handa, at Hermóðr látrs sigðis átti góðan fǫður.

One can see from the diminisher of gold [GENEROUS MAN], cheerful sender of the rock of hands [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN], that the Hermóðr <god> of the lair of the sword [SHIELD > WARRIOR] had a worthy father.

readings

[1] Sér á seima: ‘[…]ma’ R

notes

[1] sér á ‘one can see from’: Sér ‘sees’ is assumed here to have an unexpressed subject. It could alternatively have the kenning in l. 3 as its subject (see Note to [All] above). Either way, the unknown warrior’s noble birth shows in his appearance, or perhaps his behaviour.

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