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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Refr Ferðv 4III/1 — nemr ‘strikes’

Barðristinn nemr brjósti
borðheimr drasils skorðu,
— nauð þolir viðr — en víði
verpr inn of þrǫm stinnan.

Barðristinn borðheimr nemr brjósti drasils skorðu, en verpr víði inn of stinnan þrǫm; viðr þolir nauð.

The prow-carved world of ship-planks [SEA] strikes the breast of the steed of the prop [SHIP], and the ocean is thrown in over the firm gunwale; the timber suffers distress.

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[1] nemr: náir 2368ˣ, 743ˣ

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