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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þjóð Haustl 4III/6 — ofan ‘down’

Fjallgylðir bað fyllar
fet-Meila sér deila
(hlaut) af helgum skutli
(hrafnásar vin blása).
Ving-Rǫgnir lét vagna
vígfrekr ofan sígask,
þars vélsparir vôru
varnendr goða farnir.

Fjallgylðir bað fet-Meila deila sér fyllar af helgum skutli; vin hrafnásar hlaut blása. Vígfrekr ving-Rǫgnir vagna lét sígask ofan, þars vélsparir varnendr goða vôru farnir.

The mountain-wolf [GIANT = Þjazi] bade step-Meili <god> [= Hœnir] share out to him his fill from the holy trencher; the friend of the raven-god [= Óðinn > = Loki] had to blow [the fire]. The killing-greedy swinging Rǫgnir <= Óðinn> of killer whales [GIANT = Þjazi] let himself sink down where the stratagem-sparing defenders of the gods [= Óðinn, Hœnir and Loki] were situated.

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[6] ofan: ‘o[…]’ R, W

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