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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Waves 1III/5 — grœn* ‘The green’

Drǫfn skylr stál, þars stafni
straumfylgin þvær Bylgja;
Hefring brestr, en hristir
Himinglæva mar Vimrar.
Hrǫnn dregr grœn* ór grunni
gadd; svelr Blóðughadda;
elg venr Uðr ok Kolga
egghúfs við glym Dúfu.

Drǫfn skylr stál, þars straumfylgin Bylgja þvær stafni; Hefring brestr, en Himinglæva hristir mar Vimrar. Grœn* Hrǫnn dregr gadd ór grunni; Blóðughadda svelr; Uðr ok Kolga venr elg egghúfs við glym Dúfu.

Drǫfn washes the prow where the stream-following Bylgja rinses the stem; Hefring breaks and Himinglæva shakes the horse of Vimur <river> [SHIP]. The green Hrǫnn pulls the anchor-fluke from the bottom of the sea; Blóðughadda becomes cold; Uðr and Kólga accustom the elk of the sharp-edged hull [SHIP] to Dúfa’s din.

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[5] grœn*: grønn A

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