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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þskúm Lv 1I/6 —  ‘of Há’

Hefk í hendi         til hǫfuðs gerva
beinbrot Búa         bǫl Sigvalda
vô víkinga         vǫrn kunar.
Sjá skal verða,         ef vér lifum,
eikikylfa         óþǫrf Dǫnum.

Hefk í hendi gerva til hǫfuðs beinbrot Búa, bǫl Sigvalda, vô víkinga, vǫrn kunar. Sjá eikikylfa skal verða óþǫrf Dǫnum, ef vér lifum.

I have in my hand readied against heads [lit. to the head] the bone-breaker of Búi, the ruin of Sigvaldi, the woe of vikings, the defence of Hákon. This oaken club shall prove unhelpful to the Danes, if we [I] live.

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[6] Hôkunar ‘of Hákon’: Hákon jarl Sigurðarson, leader of the Norwegians at Hjǫrungavágr; for Hákon, the battle and skaldic poetry associated with it, see further ‘Ruler biographies’ in Introduction to this volume.

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