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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ESk Frag 8III/3 — jǫrnum ‘by weapons’

Sámleitum rauð sveita
— sleit ǫrn Gera beitu —
— fekksk arnar matr jǫrnum
Jarnsǫxu grǫn faxa.

Rauð grǫn sámleitum faxa Jarnsǫxu sveita; ǫrn sleit beitu Gera; matr arnar fekksk jǫrnum.

He reddened the whiskers of Jarnsaxa’s <troll-woman’s> swarthy steed [WOLF] with blood; an eagle tore Geri’s <wolf’s> bait [CORPSES]; food of the eagle [CORPSES] was provided by weapons.

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[3] jǫrnum: ‘ærnum’ C

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