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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Stefnir Lv 1I/4 — níðingi ‘the traitor’

Munkat nefna,         — nær munk stefna:
niðrbjúgt es nef         á níðingi
þanns Svein konung         sveik ór landi
ok Tryggva son         á tálar dró.

Munkat nefna, þanns sveik Svein konung ór landi ok dró son Tryggva á tálar; munk stefna nær: nef á níðingi es niðrbjúgt.

I will not name the one who tricked King Sveinn from his realm and drew the son of Tryggvi [= Óláfr] into a trap; I will aim close: the nose on the traitor is down-curved.

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[4] níðingi ‘the traitor’: The unnamed target of the stanza is Sigvaldi jarl Strút-Haraldsson, one of the leaders of the Jómsvíkingar and present at the famous battle of Hjǫrungavágr (Liavågen), c. 985.

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