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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ǪrvOdd Ævdr 14VIII (Ǫrv 84)/3 — eld ‘fire’

Skjótt nam kynda         í skóg þykkum
eld brennanda         uppi á landi.
Svá við lopti         létum leika
hávan ok rauðan         hrottgarm viðar.

Skjótt nam kynda brennanda eld í þykkum skóg uppi á landi. Svá létum hávan ok rauðan hrottgarm viðar leika við lopti.

Quickly I kindled burning fire in a thick wood up in the countryside. So we [I] caused the towering and red howling hound of wood [FIRE] to play against the sky.

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[3, 4] eld brennanda uppi á landi: hávan uppi hrottgarm viðar 471, eld brennandi upp á landi 173ˣ

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