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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Sverða 11III/3 — merki ‘mark’

Emjar, þremjar         ok Ǫlrøðarnautr,
merki, véttrim         ok missifengr,
ónn ok skafningr,         undirdregningr,
vargr ok Kaldhamarsnautr,         valbǫst ok herðr.

Emjar, þremjar ok Ǫlrøðarnautr, merki, véttrim ok missifengr, ónn ok skafningr, undirdregningr, vargr ok Kaldhamarsnautr, valbǫst ok herðr.

Howls, cutters and Ǫlrøðr’s gift, mark, battle-rim and mis-hitting one, ónn and polished one, under-drawn one, wolf and Kaldhamarr’s gift, sword-hilt panel and shoulder.

notes

[3] merki (n.) ‘mark’: Perhaps a smith’s signature on a sword-blade, a decoration or an inscription (see Falk 1914b, 33; cf. also SnE 1998, II, 355). The word is not otherwise attested in poetry as a heiti for ‘sword’.

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