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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Krm 3VIII/6 — mynni ‘the mouth’

Hjuggu vér með hjörvi.
Hátt bárum þá geira,
er tvítugir tölðumz
ok tr ruðum víða.
Unnum átta jarla
austr fyr Dínu mynni;
gera fengum þá gnóga
gisting at því vígi.
Sveiti fell í sollinn
sæ; týndi lið ævi.

Hjuggu vér með hjörvi. Bárum geira hátt, þá er tölðumz tvítugir ok ruðum tr víða. Unnum átta jarla austr fyr mynni Dínu; þá fengum gera gnóga gisting at því vígi. Sveiti fell í sollinn sæ; lið týndi ævi.

We hewed with the sword. We bore spears aloft when we reached twenty years of age, and we reddened the sword far and wide. We vanquished eight jarls out east off the mouth of the Dvina; then we gave the greedy one <wolf> ample sustenance in that battle. Blood fell into a troubled sea; troops lost their lives.

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