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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Svart Skauf 10VIII/2 — segir ‘says’

‘Svó er nú liðið,’         segir lágfæta,
‘loðbakur minn,         langt á tíma.
Vón er upp hieðan         veðra harðra,
en að höndum kominn         haustþústr mikill.

‘Nú er liðið svó langt á tíma, loðbakur minn,’ segir lágfæta. ‘Vón harðra veðra er upp hieðan, en mikill haustþústr kominn að höndum.

‘Now the year is already so far advanced, my Woolly-back,’ says Short-legs. ‘There is expectation of hard storms from now on, and a great autumn gale has arrived here.

readings

[2] segir: sagði Rask87ˣ

notes

[2] segir (3rd pers. sg. pres. indic.) ‘says’: Sagði (3rd pers. sg. pret. indic.) ‘said’ (Rask87ˣ) is less preferable from a metrical point of view, and the pres. tense of segja ‘say’ is used elsewhere in this conversation (i.e. sts 5/1, 12/2, 13/2, 14/2).

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