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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Sturl Hákkv 16II/3 — böðvar ‘of the battle’

Ok inndrótt
elda kyndi
böðvar-Týs
við baug*renni,
svát eggfárs
eisur stukku
of ilflet
Aurnis spjalla.

Ok inndrótt kyndi elda böðvar-Týs við baug*renni, svát eisur eggfárs stukku of Aurnis spjalla ilflet.

And the retinue kindled the fires of the battle-Týr <god> [= Óðinn > SPEARS] against the ring-advancer [GENEROUS MAN = Skúli], so that the flames of blade-wrath [BATTLE > SPEARS] rushed over the floors of the footsole of Aurnir’s <giant’s> confidant [(lit. ‘footsole-floors of Aurnir’s confidant’) GIANT > SHIELDS].

readings

[3] böðvar‑: ‘bauðnar’ 42ˣ

notes

[3] böðvar-Týs ‘of the battle-Týr <god> [= Óðinn]’: Taken here as a kenning for ‘Óðinn’ (so also Meissner 253). LP: bǫð treats it as a warrior-kenning, but ‘the fires of the warrior’ is not possible as a kenning for ‘spears’.

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