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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Bjarni Frag 2III/3 — himni ‘the sky’

Svát ýdróttum ôttu
éls rekninga þélar
rams af reikar himni
rauð svǫrf ofan gnauða.

Svát rauð svǫrf þélar rams éls rekninga ôttu gnauða ofan af himni reikar ýdróttum.

So that the red shavings of the file of the strong storm of swords [BATTLE > SWORD > BLOOD] rattled down from the sky of the hair-parting [HEAD] of bow-troops [WARRIORS].

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