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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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GullásÞ Víðdr 1II/1 — birti ‘the brightness’

Hart ríðr hildar birti
hjalmrunnr í folkgunni
Jóans ættstuðill einart
allfróðr í styr þjóða.

Hjalmrunnr ríðr birti hildar hart í folkgunni, allfróðr ættstuðill Jóans, einart í styr þjóða.

The helmet-tree [WARRIOR] swings the brightness of battle [SWORD] hard in the pitched battle, the all-wise kin-pillar of Jón [= Víðkunnr], steadily, in the war of nations.

readings

[1] birti: ‘berte’ 518ˣ

kennings

grammar

case: acc.

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