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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Sturl Hákkv 22II/1 — sig ‘battle’

Þar sighljóð
syngja knáttu
harða hvell
hvössum munni
í herför
of höfuð manna
Högna mans
hlýrna dísir

Þar knáttu dísir hlýrna mans Högna syngja harða hvell sighljóð hvössum munni of höfuð manna í herför.

There the dísir <minor female deities> of the sun and moon of Hǫgni’s <legendary hero’s> girl [= Hildr (hildr ‘battle’) > SHIELDS > VALKYRIES] sang very shrill battle-songs with a sharp mouth around the heads of men in the army-campaign.

readings

[1] sig‑: sigr‑ F, 81a, 8, Flat, liggr 42ˣ

notes

[1] sighljóð ‘battle-songs’: So E. Sigrhljóð ‘victory-songs’ (so F, 81a, 8, Flat) is also possible.

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