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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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SnSt Frag 1III/1 — bæran ‘the appropriate’

Byskup, heyr á bæran
bragþátt gǫfugs máttar.

Byskup, heyr á bæran bragþátt gǫfugs máttar.

Bishop, listen to the appropriate strand of praise of glorious power.

notes

[1] bæran ‘appropriate’: The adj. bærr lit. means ‘suitable to be spread around’ or ‘suitable, well-deserved’, etymologically derived from the strong verb bera ‘carry’ (so TGT 1884, 184, following Jón Þorkelsson, pers. comm.). See ESk Run 3/3II and Note there.

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