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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Krm 8VIII/2 — rafnar ‘Ravens’

Hjuggu vér með hjörvi.
Hafa gátu þá rafnar
fyrir Inndyriseyju
ærna bráð at slíta.
Fengum fálu hestum
fullan verð at sinni
— ilt var eins at gæta —
með uppruna sólar.
Strenghömlur sá ek stíga;
stökk málmr á skör hjálmi.

Hjuggu vér með hjörvi. Þá gátu rafnar hafa ærna bráð at slíta fyrir Inndyriseyju. Fengum hestum fálu fullan verð at sinni með uppruna sólar; ilt var at gæta eins. Ek sá strenghömlur stíga; málmr stökk á skör hjálmi.

We hewed with the sword. Ravens then obtained plenty of flesh to tear off Inndyrisey. We provided horses of the giantess [WOLVES] with a full meal on that occasion at the rising of the sun; it was hard to keep track of individuals. I saw bow-stringsticks [ARROWS] ascending; metal leapt at rim of helmet.

readings

[2] gátu þá rafnar: ‘[…]’ 147(108r)

notes

[2] rafnar ‘ravens’: The intitial <h> in hrafnar ‘ravens’ has been omitted to avoid double alliteration in an even line. The mss differ here among themselves, 1824b (and possibly 147) having ‘hrafnar’, while the others have the r- spelling.

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