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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Sigv ErfÓl 28I/1 — engla ‘angels’

Endr réð engla senda
Jórðánar gramr fjóra
— fors þó hans á hersi
heilagt skopt — ór lopti.

Gramr Jórðánar réð endr senda fjóra engla ór lopti; fors þó heilagt skopt á hersi hans.

The prince of the Jordan [CHRIST] once sent four angels from the sky; a waterfall washed the holy hair of his hersir.

notes

[1, 2] fjóra engla ‘four angels’: The significance of the angels here is uncertain. Cf. Þrándr Kredda 1/3-4 and Note.

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