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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ǪrvOdd Ævdr 68VIII (Ǫrv 138)/8 — áðr ‘before’

Færðum seggi         frá svikaráðum
ok trégoðum         tynda ek þeira.
Barða ek Bjálka         í borghliði
eikikylfu,         áðr hann önd um lét.

Færðum seggi frá svikaráðum ok ek tynda trégoðum þeira. Ek barða Bjálka eikikylfu í borghliði, áðr hann um lét önd.

We [I] turned men away from a deceitful state of life and I destroyed their wooden gods. I hit Bjálki with an oaken club in the fortress gateway before he gave up the ghost.

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[8] áðr hann: svo at 343a, svá hann 471, so at 173ˣ

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