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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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RvHbreiðm Hl 25III/6 — salma ‘psalms’


hjǫrþings ǫr*u
réð byrbeiðir
brands huglandi.

almr hjǫrsalma
þjóð lofar þat ráð

… brands byrbeiðir réð ǫr*u huglandi hjǫrþings … almr hjǫrsalma … þjóð lofar þat ráð …

… the demander of the fair breeze of the sword [(lit. ‘sword’s fair-breeze-demander’) BATTLE > WARRIOR] ruled a brave mind-land [HEART] as to sword-assembly [BATTLE] … the elm-tree of sword-psalms [BATTLE > WARRIOR] … people praise that counsel …

readings

[6] ‑salma: ‑salmur R683ˣ

notes

[6] hjǫrsalma ‘of sword-psalms [BATTLE]’: For the word salmr ‘psalm’, see also sts 54/8 and 74/4. See also messa odda ‘mass of points [BATTLE]’ (Anon Krm 11/7VIII).

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grammar

case: gen.
number: pl.

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