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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Arn Magndr 1II/2 — ǫrs ‘quick’

Nú hykk rjóðanda reiðu
rógǫrs, þvít veitk gǫrva,
— þegi seimbrotar — segja
seggjum hneitis eggja.
Vasat ellifu allra
ormsetrs hati vetra,
hraustr þás herskip glæsti
Hǫrða vinr ór Gǫrðum.

Nú hykk segja seggjum reiðu rógǫrs rjóðanda hneitis eggja, þvít veitk gǫrva; seimbrotar þegi. Hati ormsetrs vasat allra ellifu vetra, þás hraustr vinr Hǫrða glæsti herskip ór Gǫrðum.

Now I mean to tell men of the career of the strife-quick reddener of the sword’s edges [WARRIOR], for I know it fully; let gold-breakers [GENEROUS MEN] be silent. The hater of the reptile’s home [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] was not fully eleven winters when [he], the valiant friend of the Hǫrðar [NORWEGIAN KING = Magnús], arrayed warships to leave Russia.

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[2] rógǫrs: ‘roghs hyrs’ FskAˣ

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