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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon (TGT) 19III/1 — hring ‘the ring’

Haldi hringtǫpuð        hefi ok varðveiti
styrki ok staðfesti        stýrir himinríkis.

Stýrir himinríkis haldi, hefi ok varðveiti, styrki ok staðfesti hringtǫpuð.

May the controller of the kingdom of heaven [= God] support, raise and preserve, strengthen and confirm the ring-destroyer [GENEROUS MAN].

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[1] hringtǫpuð ‘the ring-destroyer [GENEROUS MAN]’: Adopting W’s reading of nom. hringtǫpuðr, SnE 1848-87 construes Hringtǫpuðr haldi! Stýrir himinríkis hæfi ok varðveiti, styrki ok staðfesti ‘May the ring-destroyer [GENEROUS MAN] protect! May the controller of the kingdom of heaven [= God] raise and preserve, strengthen and confirm’, which leaves both sentences without an object.

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