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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Sigv Erlfl 6I/7 — enn ‘his’

Erlingr fell, en olli
allríkr skapat slíku
— bíðrat betri dauða —
bragna konr með gagni.
Mann veitk engi annan,
allbrátt þótt fjǫr láti,
enn sás allan kunni
aldr fullara at halda.

Erlingr fell, en allríkr konr bragna olli slíku skapat með gagni; betri bíðrat dauða. Veitk engi annan mann, sás kunni at halda enn fullara allan aldr, þótt láti fjǫr allbrátt.

Erlingr fell, and the most powerful son of kings [RULER = Óláfr] caused such a thing to be brought about by [his] victory; no better man will experience death. I know of no other man who could maintain his standing all his life, even though he lost his life very early.

readings

[7] enn: einn 61, Flat, 325XI 2 b, ein Tóm

notes

[7, 8] halda enn fullara ‘maintain his standing’: Lit. ‘assert [himself] more fully’; the interpretation follows LP: halda A. 11. Jón Skaptason (1983) construes allan aldr ‘all his life’ as the object of the verb.

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