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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Vitg Lv 1I/3 — karla ‘of lowly men’

Þats vô lítil,         at vér síðim
karla bǫrn         ok kerlinga,
es Rǫgnvaldr síðr         réttilbeini
hróðmǫgr Haralds         á Haðalandi.

Þats lítil vô, at vér síðim, bǫrn karla ok kerlinga, es Rǫgnvaldr réttilbeini, hróðmǫgr Haralds, síðr á Haðalandi.

It is [does] little harm that we perform sorcery, children of lowly men and women, when Rǫgnvaldr réttilbeini, Haraldr’s glorious son, performs sorcery in Hadeland.

readings

[3] karla bǫrn: karlbornir menn Tóm

notes

[3] karla bǫrn ‘children of lowly men’: The line is hypometrical, i.e. in the catalectic metre kviðuháttr rather than in fornyrðislag.

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