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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Refr Ferðv 2III/2 — festa ‘moorings’

Fœrir bjǫrn, þars bára
brestr, undinna festa
opt í ægis kjapta
úrsvǫl Gymis vǫlva.

Úrsvǫl vǫlva Gymis fœrir opt bjǫrn undinna festa í kjapta ægis, þars bára brestr.

The spray-cold vǫlva <seeress> of Gymir <sea-giant> [= Rán] often leads the bear of twisted moorings [SHIP] into the jaws of the sea, where the wave breaks.

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