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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Svart Skauf 32VIII/8 — rafabelti ‘their fattest strips’

‘Hef eg oftliga         óþarfr verið
bændafólki         í bygð þessi,
skoðað jafnliga         skreið í hjöllum,
riklinga rár         og rafabelti.

‘Eg hef oftliga verið óþarfr bændafólki í þessi bygð, jafnliga skoðað skreið í hjöllum, rár riklinga og rafabelti.

‘I’ve frequently been destructive to the farming population in this settlement, regularly eyed stockfish in the racks, the stakes with dried flesh of halibut and their fattest strips.

notes

[8] rafabelti ‘their fattest strips’: Lit. ‘belts of fat halibut flesh’. Rafr is the dried fat flesh around the fins of the halibut (see Fritzner: rafr).

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