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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Gestumbl Heiðr 17VIII (Heiðr 64)/9 — konungr ‘King’

Báru brúðir         bleikhaddaðar,
ambáttir tvær,         öl til skemmu.
Vara þat höndum horfit         né hamri klappat;
þó var fyrir eyjar útan         örðigr, sá er ker gerði.
Heiðrekr konungr,         hyggðu at gátu.

Bleikhaddaðar brúðir, tvær ambáttir, báru öl til skemmu. Vara þat horfit höndum né klappat hamri; þó var örðigr, sá er ker gerði, fyrir útan eyjar. Heiðrekr konungr, hyggðu at gátu.

Pale-haired brides, two handmaids, bore ale to the storehouse. It was not turned by hand nor struck by hammer; yet outside the islands was that upright one who made the keg. King Heiðrekr, think about the riddle.

readings

[9-10] abbrev. as ‘h k̄ h a ɢatu’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘heid: k.’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h: Kongr h:’ 597bˣ

grammar

Masculine: gen. sing. -s; nom. pl. -ar/-jar

nom. pl. -ar nom. pl. -jar
sing. N
A
G
D
hestr
hest
hests
hesti
jǫkull
jǫkul
jǫkuls
jǫkli
jǫtunn
jǫtun
jǫtuns
jǫtni
ketill
ketil
ketils
katli
niðr
nið
niðs
nið
pl. N
A
G
D
hestar
hesta
hesta
hestum
jǫklar
jǫkla
jǫkla
jǫklum
jǫtnar
jǫtna
jǫtna
jǫtnum
katlar
katla
katla
kǫtlum
niðjar
niðja
niðja
niðjum
horse glacier giant kettle kinsman
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