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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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StarkSt Vík 3VIII (Gautr 11)/4 — sveik ‘he betrayed’

Þá * Herþjófr         Harald um vélti;
sér ójafnan         sveik í trygðum,
Egða dróttin         öndu rænti,
en hans sonum         haptbönd sneri.

Þá * um vélti Herþjófr Harald; sveik ójafnan sér í trygðum, rænti dróttin Egða öndu, en sneri sonum hans haptbönd.

Then Herþjófr tricked Haraldr; he betrayed [a man] unequal to himself in his plighted oath, robbed the lord of the Egðir [= Haraldr] of life and twisted captive shackles for his sons.

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