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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Krm 1VIII/1 — vér ‘We’

Hjuggu vér með hjörvi.
Hitt var ei fyr löngu,
er á Gautlandi gengum
at grafvitnis morði.
Þá fengu vér Þóru;
þaðan hétu mik fyrðar,
þá er ek lyngölun lagðak,
Loðbrók, at því vígi.
Stakk ek á storðar lykkju
stáli bjartra mála.

Hjuggu vér með hjörvi. Hitt var ei fyr löngu, er gengum at morði grafvitnis á Gautlandi. Þá fengu vér Þóru; fyrðar hétu mik Loðbrók þaðan, þá er ek lagðak lyngölun at því vígi. Ek stakk stáli bjartra mála á lykkju storðar.

We hewed with the sword. It was not long ago when we set about the slaying of the digging-wolf [SNAKE] in Götaland. That was when we married Þóra; people have called me Loðbrók (‘Hairy-breeches’) from the time when I stabbed the heather-fish [SNAKE] to death in that fight. I thrust the blade with bright ornaments at the loop of the earth [SNAKE].

grammar

Pronouns and determiners: First person

sing.dualpl.
N
A
G
D
ek
mik
mín
mér
vit
okkr
okkar
okkr
vér
oss
vár
oss
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