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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Án Lv 3VIII (Án 3)/1 — Því ‘so much’

Því betr mér þykkir,
ef þá skal valr falla
nær vér fráligra færum
fót at geira móti.
Drekkum alt af uxa
ennigeira hlenni;
vera mun snarpra sverða
svipun, ef ek skal ráða.

Þykkir mér því betr, ef valr skal þá falla, nær vér færum fráligra fót at móti geira. Drekkum alt af hlenni ennigeira uxa; mun vera svipun snarpra sverða, ef ek skal ráða.

It will seem to me so much better, if then the slain are to fall, when we quickly betake our feet to the meeting of spears [BATTLE]. Let us drink fully from the resounding sea (?) of the forehead-spears of oxen [HORNS > DRINK]; there will be a swinging of sharp swords [BATTLE], if I am to have my way.

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[1] Því betr mér þykkir: Því betr \mér/ þykkir 343a, því þykkir betr 109a Iˣ

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