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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Hfr Hákdr 2III/7 — bjǫrt ‘the bright’

Ólítit brestr úti
unndýrs sumum runnum
hart á Hamðis skyrtum
hryngráp Egils vápna.
Þaðan verða fǫt fyrða
— fregnk gǫrla þat — Sǫrla
rjóðask bjǫrt í blóði
benfúr méilskúrum.

Ólítit hryngráp vápna Egils brestr hart á skyrtum Hamðis sumum runnum unndýrs úti. Þaðan verða bjǫrt fǫt Sǫrla rjóðask í blóði fyrða benfúr méilskúrum; fregnk þat gǫrla.

Not a little ringing hail of Egill’s <legendary archer’s> weapons [BOWS > ARROWS] crashes hard against Hamðir’s <legendary hero’s> shirts [MAIL-SHIRTS] of some bushes of the wave-beast [SHIP > SEAFARERS] out at sea. As a result the bright garments of Sǫrli <legendary hero> [MAIL-SHIRTS] must be reddened in the blood of men by wound-fire [SWORD] in missile-showers [BATTLE]; I learn clearly of that.

readings

[7] bjǫrt: so , W, U, A, bjǫrk R, C

notes

[7] bjǫrt ‘bright’: So , W, U, A. The reading of R and C must be rejected as bjǫrk ‘birch’ will not form a kenning with the available determinants; nor can it agree with the pl. verbs verða or rjóðask (if the latter is taken as 3rd pers. pl. pres. indic. rather than as an inf.).

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