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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Snæbj Lv 1III/3 — fyr ‘beyond’

Hvatt kveða hrœra Grotta
hergrimmastan skerja
út fyr jarðar skauti
eylúðrs níu brúðir,
þær, es (lungs) fyr lǫngu
líðmeldr (skipa hlíðar
baugskerðir rístr barði
ból) Amlóða mólu.

Kveða níu brúðir eylúðrs hrœra hvatt hergrimmastan Grotta skerja út fyr skauti jarðar, þær, es fyr lǫngu mólu líðmeldr Amlóða; baugskerðir rístr ból hlíðar skipa barði lungs.

They say the nine women of the island-mill-box [SEA = Ægir] quickly stir the most man-hostile Grotti <hand-mill> of the skerries [SEA] beyond the corner of the earth, they, who long ago ground the ale-flour of Amlóði <legendary hero> [SAND]; the ring-diminisher [GENEROUS MAN] carves the dwelling of the hillside of ships [WAVE > SEA] with the prow of the longship.

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[3] fyr: frá U

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