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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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SnSt Ht 13III/1 —  ‘give’

Manndýrðir mærðar
(mæt ǫld) fira gæti;
(lýtr auðgjafa ítrum
ǫll) stóð sær of fjǫllum.
Rjóðvendils gatk randa
rœki-Njǫrð at sœkja
— hœf ferð vas sú harða —
heim; skaut jǫrð ór geima.

Manndýrðir gæti fira mærðar; ǫll mæt ǫld lýtr ítrum auðgjafa; sær stóð of fjǫllum. Gatk at sœkja heim rœki-Njǫrð rjóðvendils randa; sú ferð vas harða hœf; jǫrð skaut ór geima.

Manly virtues give glory to the guardian of men [RULER = Hákon]; all splendid people bow to the magnificent wealth-giver; the sea stood above the mountains. I got to visit the tending-Njǫrðr <god> of the shields’ reddening-rod [SWORD > WARRIOR] in his home; that journey was very fitting; the earth shot up from the ocean.

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[1] fá: fær U(50r)

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