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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ǪrvOdd Lv 17VIII (Ǫrv 50)/7 — hrókr ‘chatterbox’

Þar létu vér         lindi barða
hörðu grjóti,         hvössum sverðum.
Þrír lifðum vér         en þeir níu;
hrókr hernuminn,         hví þegir nú?

Þar létu vér lindi barða hörðu grjóti, hvössum sverðum. Vér lifðum þrír en þeir níu; hernuminn hrókr, hví þegir nú?

There we caused the linden shield to be struck with hard stones, with sharp swords. Three of us lived, but nine of them; forcibly taken chatterbox, why are you silent now?

readings

[7] hrókr hernuminn: hrottar hernumnir 344a

notes

[7] hrókr hernuminn ‘forcibly taken chatterbox’: Compare Ǫrv 46/10 and Note. Hrókr means ‘rook’ and by extension is a term of abuse for a garrulous person. As often, 344a offers a rather different text from the other mss, hrottar hernumnir ‘forcibly taken ruffians’ with the dual pers. pron. and pl. verb þit þegit in l. 8.

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