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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Skúli Svǫlðr 1III/4 — gall

Vakik, þars vel leizk ekka
(víðis) áðr ok síðan
(greppr hlýðir þá góðu
gallópnis vel spjalli).

Vakik, þars leizk ekka vel áðr ok síðan; þá hlýðir greppr vel góðu spjalli víðis gallópnis.

I wake up where sorrow thrived earlier and afterwards; then the poet listens well to the good tale of the ocean of the eagle [BLOOD].

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[4] gallópnis ‘of the eagle’: Lit. ‘of the shrill-crier’. An eagle-heiti, from gallr ‘ringing, resounding’ (a variant of gjallr) and ópnir ‘crier’ (AEW: gallr). It also appears in Eil Þdr 3/6, 7 by tmesis (i. e. as gall- and ‑ópnis), and in the þulur. For a discussion, see Note to Þul Ara 1/1.

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