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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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SnSt Ht 46III/4 — afar ‘with extremely’

Virðandi gefr virðum
verbál liðar skerja;
gleðr vellbroti vellum
verðung afarþungum.
Ýtandi fremr ýta
auðs sæfuna rauðum,
þars mætum gram mæti
marblakks skipendr þakka.

Virðandi skerja liðar gefr virðum verbál; vellbroti gleðr verðung afarþungum vellum. Ýtandi auðs fremr ýta rauðum sæfuna, þars skipendr marblakks þakka mætum gram mæti.

The appraiser of the limb’s skerries [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] gives ocean-pyre [GOLD] to men; the gold-breaker [GENEROUS MAN] gladdens the crew with extremely heavy gold. The despatcher of wealth [GENEROUS MAN] promotes people with red sea-flame [GOLD] where occupants of the sea-steed [SHIPS > SEAFARERS] thank the worthy lord for valuable objects.

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[4] afar‑: so all others, ‘avrar’ R

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