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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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SnSt Ht 39III/1 — hófu ‘promoted’

Ok hjaldrreifan hófu
hoddstiklanda miklir
— morðflýtir kná mœta
málmskúrar dyn — hjálmar,
hjaldrs þás hilmir foldar
hugdýrum gaf stýri
(ógnsvellir fær allan)
jarldóm (gǫfugr sóma).

Ok miklir hjálmar hófu hjaldrreifan hoddstiklanda – morðflýtir kná mœta dyn málmskúrar –, þás hilmir foldar gaf hugdýrum stýri hjaldrs jarldóm; gǫfugr ógnsvellir fær allan sóma.

And great helmets promoted the battle-happy hoard-dispenser [GENEROUS MAN = Skúli] – the urger of battles [WARRIOR] meets the din of the metal-shower [BATTLE] –, when the lord of the land [KING = Ingi] gave the noble-minded controller of battle [WARRIOR = Skúli] an earldom; the glorious terror-increaser [WARRIOR] obtains all honour.

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