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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Krm 9VIII/10 — fagnaði ‘rejoiced in’

Hjuggu vér með hjörvi.
Háðum rendr í dreyra,
þá er benstara bræddum
fyr Borgundarhólmi.
Hreggský slituz hringa;
hratt álmr af sér málmi;
Völnir fell at vígi;
varat einn konungr meiri.
Val rak vítt of strandir;
vargr fagnaði tafni.

Hjuggu vér með hjörvi. Háðum rendr í dreyra, þá er bræddum benstara fyr Borgundarhólmi. Hreggský hringa slituz; álmr hratt af sér málmi; Völnir fell at vígi; varat einn konungr meiri. Val rak vítt of strandir; vargr fagnaði tafni.

We hewed with the sword. We steeped shields in blood when we fed the wound-starling [RAVEN/EAGLE] off Bornholm. Storm-clouds of swords [SHIELDS] were destroyed; the bow thrust forth metal; Vǫlnir fell in the battle; not a single king was greater. The slain were scattered far and wide over the beaches; the wolf rejoiced in its prey.

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[10] vargr fagnaði tafni: ‘[…]’ 147

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