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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Þorgþ I 3III/2 — bera ‘he bore’

Blóðughófi hét hestr         ok bera kváðu
        ǫflgan Atriða;
Gísl ok Falhófnir,         Glær ok Skeiðbrimir,
        þar vas ok Gyllis of getit.

Blóðughófi hét hestr ok kváðu bera ǫflgan Atriða; Gísl ok Falhófnir, Glær ok Skeiðbrimir, þar vas ok Gyllis of getit.

There was a horse called Blóðughófi and they said he bore the mighty Atriði; Gísl and Falhófnir, Glær and Skeiðbrimir, Gyllir was also mentioned there.

notes

[2] ok kváðu bera ‘and they said he bore’: In all other mss rendered as es bera kváðu (or kóðu) ‘whom they said bore’ (adopted in Skj B and Skald).

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