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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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SnSt Ht 74III/5 — Blá ‘the dark’

Hafrǫst hristir
hlunnvigg tiggja;
borðgrund bendir
brimdýrs stýri.
Blá veit brjóta
byrskíð víði
bǫðharðr bǫrðum
buðlungr þungan.

Hafrǫst hristir hlunnvigg tiggja; borðgrund bendir stýri brimdýrs. Bǫðharðr buðlungr veit blá byrskíð brjóta þungan víði bǫrðum.

The sea-current shakes the roller-steed [SHIP] of the ruler; the ship-board-ground [SEA] bends the rudder of the surf-animal [SHIP]. The battle-hard lord knows that the dark breeze-skis [SHIPS] break the heavy sea with their prows.

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