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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Hergunnr Lv 3VIII (HjǪ 21)/8 — verða ‘take’

Hvar ertu Margerðr,         mær in öflgasta?
Vinnr þú sigr lítinn         á siklings liði.
Hryggr er hálflaminn         en herðar brotnar,
sterkr er stafnbúi;         stökkva mun nú verða.

Hvar ertu Margerðr, in öflgasta mær? Þú vinnr lítinn sigr á liði siklings. Hryggr er hálflaminn en herðar brotnar, stafnbúi er sterkr; nú mun verða stökkva.

Where are you Margerðr, most powerful maiden? You are gaining small victory over the prince’s company. [My] back is half crippled, and my shoulders broken, the forecastle-man [Hjálmþér] is strong; now we must take flight.

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