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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Eskál Vell 5I/1 — Hljóta ‘fall’

Hljóta munk, né hlítik,
hertýs, of þat frýju,
fyr ǫrþeysi at ausa
austr vín-Gnóðar flausta.

Munk hljóta at ausa hertýs vín-Gnóðar austr fyr ǫrþeysi flausta; né hlítik frýju of þat.

It will fall to me to bale out the bilge-water of the Gnóð <ship> of the wine of the army-god [(lit. ‘bilge-water of the wine-Gnóð of the army-god’) = Óðinn > POEM > VAT > POEM] for the valiant racer of ships [SEAFARER = Hákon]; I will not endure a reproach on account of it.

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