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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Women 2III/1 — móður ‘mother’

Blíð es mær við móður;
mála drekkr á ekkju;
kvíðir kerling eiðu;
kveðr dóttir vel beðju.
Opt finnr ambátt hǫptu;
æ ’r frilla grǫm sværu;
kiljar kván ok elja;
kann nipt við snør skipta.

Mær es blíð við móður; mála drekkr á ekkju; kerling kvíðir eiðu; dóttir kveðr vel beðju. Ambátt finnr opt hǫptu; frilla [e]r æ grǫm sværu; kván ok elja kiljar; nipt kann skipta við snør.

The maiden is friendly towards her mother; a confidante drinks to a widow; an old woman worries about her mother; the daughter welcomes her bedfellow. The handmaid often visits the bondwoman; a mistress is forever angry with the mother-in-law; the wife and the concubine quarrel; the sister can deal with the daughter-in-law.

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[1] móður: ‘moðr’ U

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