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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Heiðv Lv 4VIII (Hrólf 5)/2 — Hrana ‘Hrani’

Ötul eru augu         Hams ok Hrana;
eru öðlingar         undra djarfir.

Augu Hams ok Hrana eru ötul; öðlingar eru undra djarfir.

The eyes of Hamr and Hrani are fierce; the princes are wondrously bold.

notes

[2] Hams ok Hrana ‘of Hamr and Hrani’: These names are appropriate for men in disguise. As a common noun hamr means ‘shape’ in a context that often suggests shape-changing (cf. LP: hamr), while Hrani, possibly meaning ‘rough fellow’ (AEW: Hrani), also occurs as the name of one of the sons of Arngrímr in Heiðr 26/2. Possessing fierce eyes is frequently a sign in Old Norse mythological and heroic poetry of divine or heroic power of a kind that cannot be concealed; cf. the collocation ǫtul augu ‘fierce eyes’ in 34/7 and HHund II 4/13.

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