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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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HSt Rst 10I/8 — sólar ‘of the sun’

Þjóðlǫnd þremja skyndir
þrenn kristnaði ok tvenni;
hildings hǫppum valda
hans ríki frák slíkum.
Mærings mǫnnum skýrisk
merki fremðarverka
eggmóts eigi lítil.
Óláfr und veg sólar.

Skyndir þremja kristnaði þrenn ok tvenni þjóðlǫnd; frák ríki hans valda slíkum hǫppum hildings. Eigi lítil merki fremðarverka eggmóts skýrisk mǫnnum mærings. Óláfr und veg sólar

The hastener of swords [WARRIOR] Christianized three and two countries; I have heard that it was his power that caused such ruler’s luck. Let the not small signs of the remarkable achievements of the edge-meeting [BATTLE] be declared to the men of the glorious one. Óláfr under the path of the sun [SKY] …

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[8] sólar: salar Bb

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