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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Sigurðr Lv 2VIII (Ǫrv 39)/2 — Girkjum ‘the Greeks’

Oddr, vartu eigi         út með Girkjum,
þá er á Serkjum         sverð vár ruðum.
Gerðum harðan         hljóm ísarna;
fellu fyrðar         í fólkroði.

Oddr, vartu eigi út með Girkjum, þá er ruðum sverð vár á Serkjum. Gerðum harðan hljóm ísarna; fyrðar fellu í fólkroði.

Oddr, you were not abroad among the Greeks, when we reddened our swords on the Saracens. We made the harsh music of iron weapons [BATTLE]; men fell in the army-reddening [BATTLE].

readings

[2] Girkjum: Grikkjum 343a, 471

notes

[2] með Girkjum ‘among the Greeks’: The forms Girkjar and Grikkjar are common variants in skaldic verse (cf. indices of ethnic names in SkP II and VII).

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