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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon (Vǫls) 5VIII (Vǫls 25)/3 — hollvinr ‘the loyal friend’

Út gekk Sigurðr         annspjalli frá,
hollvinr lofða,         ok hnípaði,
svá at ganga nam         gunnarfúsum
sundr of síður         serkr járnofinn.

Sigurðr gekk út frá annspjalli, hollvinr lofða, ok hnípaði, svá at járnofinn serkr nam ganga sundr of síður gunnarfúsum.

Sigurðr went out from that conversation, the loyal friend of men, and drooped with grief, so that the iron-woven mail-shirt broke asunder at the sides of the battle-keen man.

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[3] hollvinr lofða ‘the loyal friend of men’: The phrase could conceivably be understood as a ruler-kenning. Hollvinr occurs with reasonable frequency in skaldic encomia; cf. Arn Hryn 16/6II, Hfr ErfÓl 5/8I and, particularly comparable with the present instance, Mark Eirdr 23/3II hollvinr herjar ‘loyal friend of the people [JUST RULER]’.

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