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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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RvHbreiðm Hl 68III/5 — Hart ‘The hard’

Hjaldrkyndill beit hildar
— harðr brandr es þat — garða;
ljós varð hǫggs í hausum
— hjǫr kallak svá — gjalla.
Hart skar hildar kerti
— hjalms grand es þat — randir,
þvít benlogi brynju
beit; nefnik svá hneiti.

Hjaldrkyndill – þat es harðr brandr – beit garða hildar; ljós hǫggs – svá kallak hjǫr – varð gjalla í hausum. Hart kerti hildar – þat es grand hjalms – skar randir, þvít benlogi – svá nefnik hneiti – beit brynju.

The battle-candle [SWORD] – that is a hard sword – bit farm-yards of battle [SHIELDS]; the light of the sword-blow [SWORD] – thus I call the sword – had to resound against skulls. The hard taper of battle [SWORD] – that is the harm of the helmet [SWORD] – cut shields, because the wound-flame [SWORD] – thus I name the sword – bit the byrnie.

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