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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þjóð Haustl 16III/5 — frák ‘I have heard that’

Þyrmðit Baldrs of barmi
(berg) solgnum þar dolgi
(hristusk bjǫrg ok brustu)
— brann upphiminn — manna.
Mjǫk frák móti hrøkkva
myrkbeins Haka reinar,
þás vígligan, vagna
vátt, sinn bana þátti.

Of barmi Baldrs þyrmðit þar solgnum dolgi manna; berg hristusk ok bjǫrg brustu; upphiminn brann. Frák vátt vagna myrkbeins reinar Haka hrøkkva mjǫk móti, þás þátti vígligan bana sinn.

The brother of Baldr [= Þórr] did not spare there the greedy enemy of men [GIANT = Hrungnir]; rocks were shaken and crags burst apart; the heaven above burnt. I have heard that the knower of killer whales of the dark bone of the land of Haki <sea-king> [SEA > ROCK > GIANTS > GIANT = Hrungnir] moved very violently in opposition, when he recognised his warlike slayer.

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