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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Ásmk Lv 2VIII (Ásm 8)/7 — ok ‘and’

Börðumz einn við einn         en endr við tvá,
fimm ok fjóra         fletmegninga,
sex ok við sjau         senn á velli,
einn ok við átta,         þó ek enn lifi.

Börðumz einn við einn en endr við tvá, fimm ok fjóra fletmegninga, sex ok við sjau senn á velli ok einn við átta, þó ek lifi enn.

We [I] fought one against one and again against two, five and four hall-fighters, six and against seven at a time on the field, and one against eight, yet I am still alive.

readings

[7] ok: ek 7

notes

[7] ok ‘and’: Ms. ek ‘I’ makes relatively poor sense and may be a case of dittography, anticipating the following line, while the minor emendation to ok gives good sense and syntax and matches ll. 3 and 5.

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