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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Framarr Lv 4VIII (Ket 41)/5 — faðir ‘the father’

Hugr er í Hængi;         hvass er Dragvendill;
beit hann orð Óðins,         sem ekki væri.
Bráz nú Baldrs faðir;         brigt er at trúa honum;
njóttu heill handa;         hér munum skiljaz.

Hugr er í Hængi; Dragvendill er hvass; hann beit orð Óðins, sem ekki væri. Nú bráz faðir Baldrs; at trúa honum er brigt; njóttu heill handa; hér munum skiljaz.

There is courage in Hœngr (‘Salmon’); Dragvendill is sharp; he bit Óðinn’s word, as if it were nothing. Now the father of Baldr <god> [= Óðinn] has been deceptive; to put one’s trust in him is uncertain; enjoy safe and sound [the work of] your hands; here we will part.

notes

[5] faðir Baldrs ‘the father of Baldr <god> [= Óðinn]’: The gen. Baldrs appears in all mss with the exception of 343a and 471 and accords with the syntax.

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