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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon (LaufE) 8III/4 — døkkr ‘obscure’

Kveða skal hróðr fyr hríðar
hræblakks viðum sævar
— drykkr var Dúrnis rekkum
døkkr — ljósara nøkkvi.

Skal kveða nøkkvi ljósara hróðr fyr viðum hræblakks sævar hríðar; drykkr Dúrnis var døkkr rekkum.

I must recite somewhat more transparent praise before the trees of the corpse-dark sea of battle [BLOOD > WARRIORS]; the drink of Dúrnir <dwarf> [POETRY] was obscure to the men.

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