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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Eil Þdr 6III/4 — ver ‘the sea’

Ok vegþverrir varra
vann fetrunnar Nǫnnu
hjalts af hagli oltnar
hlaupár of ver gaupu.
Mjǫk leið ór stað støkkvir
stikleiðar veg breiðan
urðar þrjóts, þars eitri,
œstr, þjóðáar fnœstu.

Ok vegþverrir varra Nǫnnu vann fetrunnar hlaupár hjalts, oltnar af hagli, of ver gaupu. Œstr støkkvir þrjóts urðar leið mjǫk ór stað breiðan veg stikleiðar, þars þjóðáar fnœstu eitri.

And the path-diminisher of the waters of Nanna <female mythical being> [RIVER > = Þórr] was able to foot-traverse the fast-flowing streams of the sword, swollen with hail, over the sea of the lynx [MOUNTAINS]. The ardent banisher of the lout of the stone [GIANT > = Þórr] advanced greatly on the broad road of the stake-path [FORD], where great rivers sprayed poison.

notes

[4] ver gaupu ‘the sea of the lynx [MOUNTAINS]’: Eilífr uses the same kenning pattern here as in st. 5 (see Note to st. 5/2, 3).

kennings

grammar

case: acc.

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