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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Eskál Vell 19I/4 — vandar ‘of the mast’

Hóf und hyrjar kneyfi
— hraut unda fjǫl — Þundar
— þat sleit víg á vági —
vandar dýr at landi.
Né fjǫlsnerrinn fyrri
fégildandi vildi
— vægðit jarl fyr jǫfri —
Yggs niðr friðar biðja.

Hóf dýr vandar at landi und kneyfi hyrjar Þundar; fjǫl unda hraut; þat sleit víg á vági. Fjǫlsnerrinn fégildandi niðr Yggs né vildi biðja friðar fyrri; jarl vægðit fyr jǫfri.

The beast of the mast [SHIP] was carried towards land under the destroyer of the fire of Þundr <= Óðinn> [SWORD > WARRIOR = Hákon jarl]; a multitude of wounds spurted; that broke off the battle on the sea. The war-seasoned generous descendant of Yggr <= Óðinn> [= Hákon jarl] did not want to be the first to ask for peace; the jarl did not yield to the prince.

readings

[4] vandar: ‘vendar’ FskAˣ, 52ˣ, 301ˣ

notes

[4] vandar ‘of the mast’: Vǫndr normally means ‘wand’ or ‘staff’, but can also denote a ‘mast’ (LP: vǫndr 5).

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