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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Glúmr Gráf 15I/2 — val ‘death’

Vígôsu tekr vísa
valfall Haralds alla.

Valfall Haralds tekr alla vígôsu vísa.

Haraldr’s death in battle affects all the battle-gods [WARRIORS] of the leader.

notes

[2] valfall ‘death in battle’: This more usually means ‘slaughter’ applied collectively to a mass of bodies (e.g. Ótt Knútdr 10/5, Arn Hardr 7/4II), but the sense could possibly be extended to the death of an individual, Haraldr. If on the other hand the couplet is syntactically incomplete (cf. Note to [All] above), the word may have had its usual sense.

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