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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon (Vǫlsa) 8I/9 — þý ‘maid’

Hleifr væri mér         hálfu sæmri
þykkr ok økkvinn         ok þó víðr
en vǫlsi þessi         á verkdǫgum.
Þiggi Maurnir         þetta blæti!
En þú, þý hjóna,         þrýstu at þér Vǫlsa!

Hleifr væri mér hálfu sæmri, þykkr ok økkvinn ok þó víðr, en þessi vǫlsi á verkdǫgum. Þiggi Maurnir þetta blæti! En þú, þý hjóna, þrýstu at þér Vǫlsa!

A loaf of bread would be twice as suitable for me, thick and bulging and yet broad, as this rod on workdays. May Maurnir receive this offering! But you, maid of the household, you thrust Vǫlsi onto yourself!

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