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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ÞjóðA Magnfl 7II/3 — sér

Hykk í hundraðs flokki
Haralds bróðurson stóðu
— hrafn vissi sér hvassast
hungrbann — framast manna.
Vítt lá Vinða flótti;
varð, þars Magnús barðisk,
hǫggvinn valr at hylja
heiði rastar breiða.

Hykk bróðurson Haralds stóðu framast manna í hundraðs flokki; hrafn vissi sér hvassast hungrbann. Flótti Vinða lá vítt; hǫggvinn valr varð at hylja rastar breiða heiði, þars Magnús barðisk.

I believe the brother’s son of Haraldr [= Magnús] stood foremost of the men in a force of a hundred; the raven knew there was the strictest ban on hunger. The Wends forced to flee lay far and wide; the felled slain came to cover the heath a league wide, where Magnús fought.

notes

[3-4] hrafn vissi sér hvassast hungrbann ‘the raven knew there was the strictest ban on hunger’: This statement is akin to warrior-kennings of the type ‘raven-feeder’, based on the idea that the hero makes carrion of his enemies.

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