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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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StarkSt Vík 10VIII (Gautr 18)/10 — fyr ‘before’

Svá kómu vér         til konungs garða;
hristum grindr,         hjuggum gætti,
brutum borglokur,         brugðum sverðum,
þar er sjautigir         seggir stóðu,
kostum góðir,         fyr konungi.
Þó var um aukit         öllum þrælum,
verkalýðum         ok vatndrögum.

Svá kómu vér til garða konungs; hristum grindr, hjuggum gætti, brutum borglokur, brugðum sverðum, þar er sjautigir seggir, góðir kostum, stóðu fyr konungi. Þó var um aukit öllum þrælum, verkalýðum ok vatndrögum.

Thus we came to the king’s courts; we shook the gates, we hewed the door-frames, we broke the fortress-locks, we drew our swords, where seventy warriors of good quality stood before the king. Beside that, the number was increased with all slaves, workpeople and water-bearers.

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