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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þjóð Haustl 6III/8 — ofan ‘from above’

Ok slíðrliga síðan
svangr — vas þat fyr lǫngu —
át af eikirótum
okbjǫrn faðir Mǫrnar,
áðr djúphugaðr dræpi
dolg ballastan vallar
hirðitýr meðal herða
herfangs ofan stǫngu.

Ok svangr faðir Mǫrnar át síðan slíðrliga okbjǫrn af eikirótum – þat vas fyr lǫngu –, áðr djúphugaðr hirðitýr herfangs dræpi ballastan dolg vallar stǫngu ofan meðal herða.

And the hungry father of Mǫrn <giantess> [= Þjazi] then ate horribly the yoke-bear [OX] from the oak-roots – that was long ago –, before the deep-minded retaining god of plunder [= Loki] could strike the very bold enemy of the earth [GIANT = Þjazi] with a pole from above between the shoulders.

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[8] ofan: so all others, ‘ofangs ofan’ R

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