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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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HSn Magndr 1III/1 — sleit ‘was brought to an end’

Heiðingja sleit hungri;
hárr gylðir naut sára;
granar rauð gramr á Fenri;
gekk ulfr í ben drekka.

Sleit hungri heiðingja; hárr gylðir naut sára; gramr rauð granar á Fenri; ulfr gekk drekka í ben.

The heath-dweller’s <wolf’s> hunger was brought to an end; the grey howler <wolf> enjoyed wounds; the ruler reddened the whiskers on Fenrir <wolf>; the wolf went to drink from wounds.

notes

[1] sleit ‘was brought to an end’: Used impersonally with hungri heiðingja ‘the heath-dweller’s <wolf’s> hunger’ as the dat. object.

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