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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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SnSt Ht 65III/1 — náði ‘was able’

Vápna hríð velta náði
vægðarlaus feigum hausi;
hilmir lét hǫggum mœta
herða klett bana verðan.
Fleina lands fylkir rendi
fjǫrnis hlíð meginskíði
— ǫflugt sverð eyddi fyrðum
jǫfri kent — holdi fenta.

Vægðarlaus hríð vápna náði velta feigum hausi; hilmir lét klett herða, verðan bana, mœta hǫggum. Fylkir rendi hlíð fjǫrnis, fenta holdi, meginskíði lands fleina; ǫflugt sverð, kent jǫfri, eyddi fyrðum.

The merciless storm of weapons [BATTLE] was able to topple the doomed skull; the lord made the crag of the shoulders [HEAD], deserving death, meet the blows. The ruler ran through the slope of the helmet [HEAD], snow-covered with flesh, with the mighty ski of the land of spears [SHIELD > SWORD]; the powerful sword, belonging to the prince, destroyed people.

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