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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Jǫk Lv 2I/5 — þessi ‘this’

Svíða sôr af mœði;
setit hefk opt við betra;
unds á oss, sús sprændi
ótrauð legi rauðum.
Byss mér blóð ór þessi
ben; ték við þrek venjask;
verpr hjalmgǫfugr hilmir
heiðsær á mik reiði.

Sôr svíða af mœði; hefk opt setit við betra; unds á oss, sús sprændi ótrauð rauðum legi. Blóð byss mér ór þessi ben; ték venjask við þrek; hjalmgǫfugr, heiðsær hilmir verpr reiði á mik.

Wounds are burning from exhaustion; I have often sat through better; there is a gash on us [me], which has spurted, unstinting, red liquid. My blood gushes from this wound; I am becoming used to acts of courage; the helmet-noble, revered ruler hurls his anger at me.

readings

[5] þessi: so J2ˣ, 321ˣ, 73aˣ, 325VII, þessu , Holm2, 68, hausi 61, 325V, Bb, Flat, Tóm

notes

[5-6] ór þessi ben ‘from this wound’: The variant ór þessu beni in , Holm2 and 68 contains the known n. counterpart to ben f. ‘wound’ (cf. Fritzner: ben f., ben n.).

grammar

Pronouns and determiners: sjá/þessi (this)



masc.fem.neut.
sing. N
A
G
D
sjá/þessi
þenna/þennan
þessa
þessum
sjá/þessi
þessa
þessar
þessi/þessari

þetta/þettað
þetta/þettað
þessa
þessu

pl. N
A
G
D
þessir
þessa
þessa
þessum
þessar
þessar
þessa
þessum
þessi
þessi
þessa
þessum
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