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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Arn Þorfdr 15II/3 — ægi ‘the ocean’

Nemi drótt, hvé sæ sótti
snarlyndr konungr jarla;
eigi þraut við ægi
ofvægjan gram bægja.

Drótt nemi, hvé snarlyndr konungr jarla sótti sæ; eigi þraut ofvægjan gram bægja við ægi.

Let the retinue take in how the quick-mettled king among jarls made out to sea; there was no end to the over-powering lord striving against the ocean.

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[3] ægi ‘the ocean’: Possibly a reference to the sea-god Ægir as well as the sea, against whom Þorfinnr ‘contends, strives’ (bægja).

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