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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ǪrvOdd Lv 20VIII (Ǫrv 53)/3 — Sigurðr ‘Sigurðr’

Þit munuð hvergi         hæfir þykkja,
Sigurðr ok Sjólfr,         í sveit konungs,
ef ek Hjálmars get         ins hugumstóra,
þess er snarligast         sverði beitti.

Þit munuð hvergi þykkja hæfir í sveit konungs, Sigurðr ok Sjólfr, ef ek get Hjálmars ins hugumstóra, þess er beitti sverði snarligast.

You two will nowhere appear worthy in a king’s retinue, Sigurðr and Sjólfr, if I mention Hjálmarr inn hugumstóri (‘the Great-minded‘), the one who wielded the sword most keenly.

readings

[3] Sigurðr ok Sjólfr: so 343a, 173ˣ, ‘s. ok s.’ 7, 344a, ‘Sig. ok si.’ 471

notes

[3] Sigurðr ok Sjólfr ‘Sigurðr and Sjólfr’: Cf. Ǫrv 36/3 and Note for discussion of the spelling of Sjólfr’s name.

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