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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Bjark 5III/4 — svelli ‘ice’

Ýtti ǫrr hilmir         — aldir við tóku —
Sifjar svarðfestum,         svelli dalnauðar,
tregum Otrs gjǫldum,         tôrum Mardallar,
eldi Órunar,         Iðja glysmôlum.

Ǫrr hilmir ýtti – aldir tóku við – svarðfestum Sifjar, svelli dalnauðar, tregum gjǫldum Otrs, tôrum Mardallar, eldi Órunar, glysmôlum Iðja.

The generous prince distributed – the men received [it] – Sif’s <goddess’s> scalp-cords [HAIR > GOLD], ice of the bow-compulsion [ARM > SILVER], the reluctant payment for Otr [GOLD], the tears of Mardǫll <= Freyja> [GOLD], the fire of Órun <river> [GOLD], the shining speeches of Iði <giant> [GOLD].

notes

[4] svelli dalnauðar ‘ice of the bow-compulsion [ARM > SILVER]’: Aside from the fact that this is the only silver-kenning in sts 4-6, it is also anomalous as being without a mythological basis. Dalnauðr ‘bow-compulsion’, a hap. leg., refers to the arm that impels the bow.

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