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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ÞGísl Búdr 8I/3 — vǫkt ‘roused’

Búa frák greitt ganga
— gladdi svanr Hanga —
vǫkt vas gǫll geira —
gegnum lið þeira.

Frák Búa ganga greitt gegnum lið þeira; svanr Hanga gladdi; gǫll geira vas vǫkt.

I have heard that Búi went straight through their troop; the swan of Hangi <= Óðinn> [RAVEN] was gladdened; the shriek of spears [BATTLE] was roused.

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[3] vǫkt: vǫkr 54, Bb

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