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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Gusi Lv 3VIII (Ket 6)/3 — gjarn ‘eager’

Hverr er á öndrum         öndverðan dag
gjarn til gunnar         í grimmum hug?
Vit skulum freista         flein at rjóða
hvárr at öðrum,         nema hugr bili.

Hverr er á öndrum öndverðan dag, gjarn til gunnar í grimmum hug? Vit skulum freista at rjóða flein hvárr at öðrum, nema hugr bili.

Who is that on skis in the first part of the day, eager for battle in a hostile frame of mind? We two must try to redden the javelin, each on the other, unless our courage fails.

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[3] gjarn til gunnar ‘eager for battle’: This alliterative expression occurs elsewhere in Old Norse poetry, albeit without the prep. til; cf. Ǫrv 7/3, Hálf 36/7 and HHund I 34/7.

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