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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Krm 11VIII/10 — styr ‘battle’

Hjuggu vér með hjörvi.
Hundruðum frá ek liggja
á Eynæfis öndrum,
þar er Englanes heitir.
Siglðu vér til snerru
sex dægr, áðr lið felli;
áttum odda messu
við uppruna sólar.
Varð fyr várum sverðum
Valþjófr í styr hníga.

Hjuggu vér með hjörvi. Ek frá liggja hundruðum á öndrum Eynæfis, þar er heitir Englanes. Siglðu vér til snerru sex dægr, áðr lið felli; áttum messu odda við uppruna sólar. Valþjófr varð hníga í styr fyr sverðum várum.

We hewed with the sword. I heard that they lay in hundreds on the skis of Eynæfir <sea-king> [SHIPS] at the place named Englanes. We were sailing into battle for three days before the troop fell; we conducted a chant of sword-points [BATTLE] at the rising of the sun. Valþjófr had to fall in battle before our swords.

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[10] Valþjófr í styr hníga: ‘[…]fur i st[…]’ 147

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