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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Hjþ Lv 7VIII (HjǪ 16)/8 — dugir ‘serves’

Vak þú, Ölvir,         ef þú vilt víf sjá;
þú ert kossmildr         við konur harðla.
Heyrðu †hranarar† bíða þín         Hrauðungs meyjar;
hverf þú við,         ef þér hugr dugir.

Vak þú, Ölvir, ef þú vilt sjá víf; þú ert harðla kossmildr við konur. Heyrðu †hranarar† meyjar Hrauðungs bíða þín; hverf þú við, ef hugr dugir þér.

Wake up, Ǫlvir, if you want to see women; you are very generous with kisses for women. Listen … the girls of Hrauðungr <giant> [GIANTESSES] are waiting for you; turn to [them] if your courage serves you.

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[8] ef hugr dugir þér ‘if your courage serves you’: The collocation of hugr ‘courage’ with duga ‘serve, help, avail’ is a commonplace of heroic poetry; cf. Sigv Knútdr 3/4I, Am 52/10.

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