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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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GunnLeif Merl II 35VIII/4 — ferð ‘the army’

‘Grenja gránir         garmar slíðra;
bítr fránn freki         ferð halsgerðar.
Rýfr gramr guma         gollorhallir;
bregðr benlogi         byggðum hjarna;
eru brotnar mjǫk         borgir heila.

‘Gránir garmar slíðra grenja; fránn freki halsgerðar bítr ferð. Gramr rýfr gollorhallir guma; benlogi bregðr byggðum hjarna; borgir heila eru mjǫk brotnar.

‘The grey dogs of scabbards [SWORDS] growl; the piercing wolf of the neck-strap [SWORD] bites the army. The cruel one <sword> breaks men’s halls of the pericardium [BREASTS]; the wound-flame [SWORD] topples the settlements of brains [HEADS]; the strongholds of brains [HEADS] are smashed to pieces.

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