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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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FriðÞ Lv 14VIII (Frið 16)/8 — hafi ‘the ocean’

Sé ek trollkonur         tvær á báru;
þær hefir Helgi         hingat sendar.
Þeim skal sníða         sundr í miðju
hrygg Elliði,         áðr af hafi skríði.

Ek sé tvær trollkonur á báru; Helgi hefir sendar þær hingat. Elliði skal sníða þeim hrygg sundr í miðju, áðr skríði af hafi.

I see two troll-women on the wave; Helgi has sent them hither. Elliði must slice their spines asunder in the middle, before he glides from the ocean.

readings

[8] af hafi: ‘[…]f hafe’ 568ˣ, ‘af fer’ papp17ˣ, ‘af fǫr’ 109a IIˣ, 173ˣ, ‘af fór’ 1006ˣ

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