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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Sjólfr Lv 2VIII (Ǫrv 38)/8 — bark ‘carried’

Þú hefir, Oddr, farit         með ölmusum
ok bitlinga         borit af borði,
en ek einn         af Úlfsfjalli
höggvinn skjöld         í hendi bark.

Oddr, þú hefir farit með ölmusum ok borit bitlinga af borði, en ek einn bark höggvinn skjöld í hendi af Úlfsfjalli.

Oddr, you have gone about with paupers and taken titbits from the table, but I alone carried a shattered shield in my hand from Úlfsfjall.

readings

[8] bark: bar 344a, 343a, 471

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