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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Hfr ErfÓl 13I/3 — meiðar ‘poles’

Hverr vas hræddr við ǫrvan
hugdyggvan son Tryggva
— óðusk malmþings meiðar
maðr und sólar jaðri.

Hverr maðr und jaðri sólar vas hræddr við ǫrvan, hugdyggvan son Tryggva; meiðar malmþings óðusk.

Every man under the borderland of the sun [SKY] was afraid of the swift, steadfast son of Tryggvi [= Óláfr]; poles of the metal meeting [BATTLE > WARRIORS] felt dread.

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grammar

case: nom.
number: pl.

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