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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þloft Tøgdr 1I/2 — næmr ‘practised’

Knútrs und sólar.
Siðnæmr með lið
fór mjǫk mikit
minn vinr þinig.
Fœrði ór -firði
fimr gramr Lima-
út ólítinn
otrheims flota.

Knútrs und sólar … Siðnæmr vinr minn fór þinig með mjǫk mikit lið. Fimr gramr fœrði ólítinn flota otrheims út ór Limafirði.

Knútr is under the sun’s … My custom-practised friend went there with a very great force. The skilful lord brought no small fleet of the otter-world [SEA] out from Limfjorden.

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[2] ‑næmr: nær Flat, ‘neme’ Tóm

notes

[2] siðnæmr ‘custom-practised’: ON siðr can mean ‘custom, manners’ or ‘religious faith’. The cpd is a hap. leg. in poetry, though it occurs in prose in Konungs skuggsjá (see Fritzner: siðnæmr), and suggests Knútr’s Christian courtliness.

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