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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ÞjóðA Sex 3II/4 — skyndir ‘the speeder’

Dolgljóss, hefir dási
darrlatr staðit fjarri
endr, þás elju Rindar
ómynda tók skyndir.
Vasat Afríka jǫfri
Ánars mey fyr hônum
haglfaldinni at halda
hlýðisamt né lýðum.

Darrlatr dási hefir endr staðit fjarri, þás skyndir dolgljóss tók ómynda elju Rindar. Vasat hlýðisamt jǫfri Afríka né lýðum at halda haglfaldinni mey Ánars fyr hônum.

The spear-lazy sluggard stood far away at that time, when the speeder of battle-light [SWORD > WARRIOR] seized the rival of Rindr <giantess> lacking bride-payment [= Jǫrð (jǫrð ‘earth’)]. It was not possible for the prince of Africans or his people to hold the hail-coifed maiden of Ánarr <dwarf> [= Jǫrð (jǫrð ‘earth’)] against him.

readings

[4] skyndir: skyndar FskAˣ, skyldir U

kennings

grammar

case: nom.

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