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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Sigv Víkv 3I/5 —  ‘the breakers’

Hríð varð stáls í stríðri
strǫng Herdala gǫngu
Finnlendinga at fundi
fylkis niðs in þriðja.
En austr við leysti
leið víkinga skeiðar;
Bálagarðs at borði
brimskíðum lá síða.

In þriðja strǫng hríð stáls niðs fylkis varð í stríðri gǫngu Herdala at fundi Finnlendinga. En leið leysti skeiðar víkinga austr við ; Bálagarðssíða lá at borði brimskíðum.

The third powerful storm of steel [BATTLE] of the descendant of the ruler [= Óláfr] happened during the difficult journey to Herdalar in a meeting with Finns. And the sea let loose the warships of the vikings east by the breakers; Bálagarðssíða lay alongside the surf-skis [SHIPS].

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[5] ‘the breakers’: This word occurs in Þul Sjóvar 4/2III, where the context suggests breaking waves, and in Blakkr Lv 2/6II the ‘sea’ is said to reiða ‘toss’.

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