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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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SnSt Ht 87III/4 — þekkr ‘pleasing’

Drífr handar hlekkr,
þars hilmir drekkr;
mjǫks brǫgnum bekkr
blíðskálar þekkr.
Leikr hilmis her
hreingullit ker
— segik alt, sem er —
við orða sker.

Hlekkr handar drífr, þars hilmir drekkr; bekkr blíðskálar [e]s mjǫk þekkr brǫgnum. Hreingullit ker leikr við sker orða her hilmis; segik alt, sem er.

The chain of the arm [RING] flies around where the lord is drinking; the brook of the cheer-cup [DRINK] is very pleasing to men. The pure golden goblet plays against the skerries of words [TEETH] of the ruler’s army; I tell all as it is.

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