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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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RvHbreiðm Hl 73III/4 — hjǫrva ‘of swords’

Óláfr náði eggjar rjóða
enskra þjóða vǫrmu blóði;
hneigiborða háði skerðir
hjǫrva þeyja Viðris meyja.
Bǫðvar hauka bðar snáka
beiti-Nirðir ógnar girði
rjóða nômu; rekkar kómu
randar Freyju þing at heyja.

Óláfr náði rjóða eggjar vǫrmu blóði enskra þjóða; skerðir hneigiborða hjǫrva háði þeyja meyja Viðris. Beiti-Nirðir snáka bðar hauka bǫðvar nômu rjóða girði ógnar; rekkar kómu at heyja þing Freyju randar.

Óláfr was able to redden edges with the warm blood of English people; the diminisher of the bending-boards of swords [SHIELDS > WARRIOR] waged warm winds of Viðrir’s <= Óðinn’s> maidens [VALKYRIES > BATTLES]. The brandishing-Nirðir <gods> of the snakes of the meat of hawks of battle [RAVENS/EAGLES > CORPSES > SWORDS > WARRIORS] began to redden fences of fight [SHIELDS]; warriors came to hold an assembly of the Freyja <goddess> of the shield-rim [VALKYRIE > BATTLE].

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