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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ÞSjár Frag 4III/2 — blóði ‘blood’

Svát ór fitjar fjǫtri
flóðs ásynja, blóði
— raust bifask rǫmm — en systra,
rýtr, eymylvir spýtir.

Svát ásynja flóðs rýtr ór fjǫtri fitjar, en eymylvir spýtir blóði systra; rǫmm raust bifask.

So that the goddess of the sea [= Rán] wails from the fetter of the meadow [SEA], and the island-grinder [MAELSTROM] spits out the sisters’ blood [WATER]; the strong voice trembles.

readings

[2] blóði: so 1116ˣ, 1496ˣ, ‘b.ődi’ 742ˣ

notes

[2, 3] blóði systra ‘the sisters’ blood [WATER]’: These sisters are the waves, the daughters of Rán and Ægir, and their blood is ‘water’ (see SnE 1998, I, 36, 95, ESk Frag 17 and Þul Waves).

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grammar

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