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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Bjark 1III/2 — fjaðrar ‘feathers’

Dagrs upp kominn;         dynja hana fjaðrar;
máls vílmǫgum         at vinna erfiði.
Vaki æ ok vaki,         vina hǫfuð,
allir inir œztu         Aðils of sinnar.

Dagrs upp kominn; fjaðrar hana dynja; máls vílmǫgum at vinna erfiði. Vaki æ ok vaki, hǫfuð vina, allir inir œztu of sinnar Aðils.

Day has broken; the rooster’s feathers rustle; it is time for the sons of toil [SERVANTS] to get to work. Wake now and wake, friends, all the noblest companions of Aðils.

readings

[2] hana fjaðrar: ‘han[…] fjaðrar’ Holm4, ‘hana hanafjadrir’ 61;    fjaðrar: ‘fíadrir’ Tóm

notes

[2] fjaðrar hana dynja ‘the rooster’s feathers rustle’: It is just before dawn, when roosters rustle their feathers as they are about to crow.

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