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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Sturl Hrafn 11II/4 — galli ‘harm’

Brunnu búmanna
bygðir ódygðar;
heitr var hafsætrum
hallar lífgalli.
Fellu fleinþollar
feigir svanteigar
suðr af sæskíðum
sóttir herdróttum.

Bygðir ódygðar búmanna brunnu; lífgalli hallar var heitr hafsætrum. Feigir fleinþollar fellu suðr, sóttir herdróttum svanteigar af sæskíðum.

The dwellings of faithless farmers burned; the life-harm of the hall [FIRE] was hot in the sea-settlements. Doomed spear-firs [WARRIORS] fell in the south, attacked by the war-bands of the swan-field [SEA] from the sea-skis [SHIPS].

readings

[4] ‑galli: so all others, galla F

notes

[4] lífgalli ‘the life-harm’: Hap. leg.

kennings

grammar

case: nom.

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