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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Hjálm Lv 14VIII (Ǫrv 24)/7 — rekkar ‘warriors’

Sé ek, hvar sitja         Sigtúnum á
fljóð, þau er löttu         farar mik þaðan.
Gleðr eigi Hjálmar         í höll konungs
öl né rekkar         um aldr síðan.

Ek sé, hvar fljóð sitja á Sigtúnum, þau er löttu mik farar þaðan. Öl né rekkar gleðr eigi Hjálmar í höll konungs síðan um aldr.

I see where those women sit in Sigtuna, who dissuaded me from my journey from there. Neither ale nor warriors will gladden Hjálmarr in the king’s hall ever afterwards.

readings

[7] rekkar: so 343a, 173ˣ, ríki 344a, rekka 471

notes

[7] rekkar ‘warriors’: Ms. 344a alone has ríki ‘power, rule, kingdom’, a less good reading from the point of view of sense, as Hjálmarr was a heroic warrior, rather than a ruler.

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