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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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StarkSt Vík 16VIII (Gautr 24)/6 — beittak ‘wielded’

Sneidda ek honum         síðu aðra
bitrum brandi         um búk þveran.
Svá ek af heiptum         hjörvi beittak,
at alls megins         áðr kostaðak.

Ek sneidda aðra síðu honum bitrum brandi um þveran búk. Ek beittak svá hjörvi af heiptum, at kostaðak áðr alls megins.

I sliced off one side of him with my sharp blade right across the body. Thus I wielded my sword with such fury that I had already expended all my strength.

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