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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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RvHbreiðm Hl 59III/4 — vápna ‘weapons’

Haraldr kunni gný gerva
(gekk hilmis lið vekja)
— menn ruðu geir at gunni —
(gráp smíðaðra vápna)
— háði herr við prýði
hjǫrþing með dǫglingi,
hinns skyndi* byr branda —
bendags inn hárfagri.

Haraldr inn hárfagri kunni gerva gný bendags; lið hilmis gekk vekja gráp smíðaðra vápna; menn ruðu geir at gunni; herr háði hjǫrþing við prýði með dǫglingi, hinns skyndi* byr branda.

Haraldr inn hárfagri (‘the Fair-haired’) could create clamour of the wound-daylight [SWORD > BATTLE]; the troop of the ruler went to stir up a hail-storm of forged weapons [BATTLE]; men reddened the spear in battle; the army waged sword-assemblies [BATTLES] with honour alongside the leader, the one who hastened the fair breeze of blades [BATTLE].

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