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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Herv Lv 8VIII (Heiðr 25)/7 — Svafrlama ‘Svafrlami’

Vaki þú, Angantýr;         vekr þik Hervör,
eingadóttir         ykkr Sváfu.
Selðu mér ór haugi         hvassan mæki,
þann er Svafrlama         slógu dvergar.

Vaki þú, Angantýr; Hervör vekr þik, eingadóttir ykkr Sváfu. Selðu mér ór haugi hvassan mæki, þann er dvergar slógu Svafrlama.

Waken, Angantýr; Hervǫr wakes you, only daughter to you and Sváfa. Give me from the mound the sharp sword which dwarfs forged for Svafrlami.

readings

[7] Svafrlama: Sigrlama 2845

notes

[8] Svafrlama ‘Svafrlami’: Called Sigrlami in the R redaction; in the H and U redactions Sigrlami is Svafrlami’s father, and son of Óðinn. According to the saga, Svafr-/Sigrlami is king of Garðaríki (Russia; in H the name of his kingdom is not stated) and father of Eyfura, mother of Angantýr. In H and U the viking Arngrímr attacks Sigrlami’s kingdom, abducts Eyfura and steals Tyrfingr, using it to kill Sigrlami; in R the king appoints Arngrímr overseer of his kingdom, grants him Eyfura’s hand in marriage and gives Tyrfingr to him (Heiðr 1924, 3-4, 93).

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