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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Hjþ Lv 14VIII (HjǪ 41)/8 — vegg ‘the wall’

Berum á baki okru         brodda framkeyri,
launum svá líf honum,         látum hann eigi eptir.
Heygjum Hörð hvergi,         fyrr en heim komum,
gröfum hann heima         hallar vegg undir.

Berum á baki okru framkeyri brodda, launum honum svá líf, látum hann eigi eptir. Heygjum Hörð hvergi, fyrr en komum heim, gröfum hann heima undir vegg hallar.

Let us [me] carry the forward-driver of spear-points [WARRIOR = Hǫrðr] on our [my] back, repay him thus for life; let us [me] not leave him behind. Let us [me] bury Hǫrðr nowhere, before we [I] come home, let us [me] bury him at home beneath the wall of the hall.

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[8] vegg: veggum papp6ˣ

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