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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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VSt Erf 2III/1 — jǫrð ‘the earth’

Mank, þats jǫrð við orða
endr myrk-Danar sendi
grœnnar grǫfnum munni
gein Hlóðynjar beina.

Mank, þats jǫrð gein endr grǫfnum munni við sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar.

I recall when the earth formerly gaped with a dug mouth at the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [ROCKS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN].

readings

[1] jǫrð: orð A

notes

[1, 3-4] jǫrð gein … grǫfnum munni ‘the earth … gaped with a dug mouth’: This phrase is a metaphorical expression for the open grave about to receive the body. The earth is compared to a monster that has opened (gein) its mouth (munni) to devour its victim, the deceased.

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