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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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RvHbreiðm Hl 58III/8 — Freyr ‘Freyr’

Hilmir rauð ok hjalma
hjalmskóð í dyn malma;
skjǫldungr komat skildi
skjaldfimr í bug sjaldan.
Bǫrr lét vígs at vígi
vígreyr lituð dreyra,
þvít gunnþorinn gunni
gunn-Freyr hvata kunni.

Hilmir rauð hjalmskóð ok hjalma í dyn malma; skjaldfimr skjǫldungr komat sjaldan í bug skildi. Bǫrr vígs lét vígreyr lituð dreyra at vígi, þvít gunnþorinn gunn-Freyr kunni hvata gunni.

The ruler reddened helmet-harmers [SWORDS] and helmets in the din of swords [BATTLE]; the shield-deft lord did not seldom advance in the hollow of the shield. The tree of slaughter [WARRIOR] let slaughter-reeds [WEAPONS] be coloured with blood at the slaughter, because the battle-daring battle-Freyr <god> [WARRIOR] knew how to hasten battle.

readings

[8] Freyr: ‑Frey corrected from ‑Freyr R683ˣ

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grammar

case: nom.

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