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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þfagr Frag 3III/1 — með ‘with’

Hirð viðr grams með gerðum
gollvǫrpuðr sér holla.

Gollvǫrpuðr viðr hirð grams holla sér með gerðum.

The gold-flinger [GENEROUS MAN] obtains the loyalty of the lord’s retinue with [gifts of] war-gear.

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[1] með: und C

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[1] með gerðum ‘with [gifts of] war-gear’: This refers to the gifts which a ruler or magnate bestows on his men; in addition to gold and silver (see Frag 2 above), such gifts could consist of weapons and even of ships (see Steinn Óldr 13-16II). Gerð can also mean ‘deed, activity’ or ‘girdle’.

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