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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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SnSt Ht 64III/6 — bana ‘death’

Vafði lítt, es virðum mœtti,
vígrœkjandi framm at sœkja;
skerðir gekk í skúrum Hlakkar
Skǫglar serks fyr roðnum merkjum.
Ruddisk land, en ræsir Þrœnda
Ribbungum skóp bana þungan;
Gunnarr skaut und Gera fótar
grimsetta il hjarna kletti.

Vígrœkjandi vafði lítt at sœkja framm, es mœtti virðum; skerðir serks Skǫglar gekk í skúrum Hlakkar fyr roðnum merkjum. Land ruddisk, en ræsir Þrœnda skóp Ribbungum þungan bana; Gunnarr skaut kletti hjarna und grimsetta il fótar Gera.

The battle-promoter [WARRIOR] hesitated little to rush forward when he met the men; the notcher of Skǫgul’s <valkyrie’s> shirt [BYRNIE > WARRIOR] advanced in Hlǫkk’s <valkyrie’s> showers [BATTLE] before the reddened banner. The land was cleared, and the ruler of the Þrœndir [NORWEGIAN RULER = Skúli] created a harsh death for the Ribbungar; Gunnarr pushed his crag of the brain [HEAD] beneath the grim-set sole of Geri’s <wolf’s> foot.

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