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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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StarkSt Vík 26VIII (Gautr 34)/5 — †ór† ‘…’

Fylgða ek fylki,         þeim er framast vissak,
— þá unða ek bezt         ævi minni —
áðr fór †ór†         — en því flögð ollu —
hinzta sinni         til Hörðalands.

Ek fylgða fylki, þeim er vissak framast — þá unða ek bezt ævi minni —, áðr fór †ór† hinzta sinni til Hörðalands; en flögð ollu því.

I followed the ruler, the one I knew [to be] most distinguished — then I enjoyed my life the best — before I went for the last time to Hordaland; but demons caused that.

readings

[5] †ór†: verr 152

notes

[5] áðr fór ór ‘before I went …’: Most eds accept the conjecture áðr fórum vér ‘before we went’, based in part on 152’s verr, though this would necessitate a change from the speaker’s 1st pers. sg. discourse in the first helmingr.

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