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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Glúmr Gráf 3I/7 — of

Dolgeisu rak dísar
— drótt kom mǫrg á flótta —
gumna vinr at gamni
gjóðum írsk*ar þjóðir.
Foldar rauð, ok felldi,
Freyr í manna dreyra
sverð, — vas sigr of orðinn —
seggi, mækis eggjar.

Vinr gumna rak írsk*ar þjóðir at gamni gjóðum dísar dolgeisu; mǫrg drótt kom á flótta. Freyr foldar eggjar mækis rauð sverð í dreyra manna ok felldi seggi; sigr vas of orðinn.

The friend of men [RULER = Haraldr] pursued Irish troops to the enjoyment of ospreys of the goddess of the battle-fire [SWORD > VALKYRIE > RAVENS/EAGLES]; many a war-band took to flight. The Freyr <god> of the land of the blade of the sword [SHIELD > WARRIOR] reddened the sword in the blood of men and killed warriors; victory came about.

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[7] sverð vas sigr of orðinn (‘suerð var sigr of uorðinn’): so 61, Flat, ‘sunnr a sigr um hlinninn’ , sunnr á sigrs of hlunninn F, sverð á sigr of hlunnin J1ˣ, J2ˣ, svá er varð sigr of orðinn Bb

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