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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ESk Frag 1III/4 — sveimar ‘hovers’

Hvargis Beita borgar
bálgrimmustum skála
hôr of hnossvin órum
heims vafrlogi sveimar.

Hvargis hôr vafrlogi skála heims sveimar of hnossvin órum, Beita borgar bálgrimmustum.

Wherever the high flickering flame of the world’s hall [SKY > SUN] hovers above our treasure-friend, most hostile to the fire of Beiti’s <sea-king’s> stronghold [(lit. ‘most fire-hostile of Beiti’s stronghold’) SEA > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN].

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