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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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GunnLeif Merl I 65VIII/7 — ský ‘the clouds’

‘Svífr it hvassa         hagl tvíviðar
— hnígr hǫlða lið —         hart af strengjum.
En geyst hinig         gaflok fara;
megut Skǫglar ský         við skotum halda.

‘It hvassa hagl tvíviðar svífr hart af strengjum; lið hǫlða hnígr. En gaflok fara geyst hinig; ský Skǫglar megut halda við skotum.

‘The cutting hail of the bow [ARROWS] flies hard from the strings; the troop of men sinks down. And javelins travel this way ferociously; the clouds of Skǫgul <valkyrie> [SHIELDS] cannot withstand the volleys.

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grammar

case: nom.
number: pl.

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