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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þhorn Harkv 12I/4 — fǫgnuðum ‘we welcomed’

‘Valr lá þar á sandi         vitinn inum eineygja
Friggjar faðmbyggvi;         fǫgnuðum dôð slíkri.

‘Valr lá þar á sandi, vitinn inum eineygja faðmbyggvi Friggjar; fǫgnuðum slíkri dôð.

‘The slain lay there on the sand, dedicated to the one-eyed embrace-occupier of Frigg <goddess> [= Óðinn]; we welcomed such doings.

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[4] fǫgnuðum ‘we welcomed’: The self-reference accords with that in st. 4, and the sentiment seems appropriate to a raven, so it is not implausible that this helmingr should belong with sts 7-11 about Hafrsfjǫrðr, though there is nothing in the ms. context to suggest a connection. See the discussion of the poem’s unity in the Introduction.

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