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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Gestumbl Heiðr 34VIII (Heiðr 81)/4 — svartar ‘black’

Meyjar ek sá         moldu líkar,
        váru þeim at beðjum björg,
svartar ok sámar         í sólviðri,
        en þess at fegri, er færra um sér.
Heiðrekr konungr,         hyggðu at gátu.

Ek sá meyjar líkar moldu, björg váru at þeim beðjum, svartar ok sámar í sólviðri, en þess at fegri, er færra um sér. Heiðrekr konungr, hyggðu at gátu.

I saw girls like dust, rocks were beds to them. [They are] black and swarthy in sunny weather, but the brighter, the less is seen of them. King Heiðrekr, think about the riddle.

readings

[4] svartar: svartr 281ˣ, 597bˣ

grammar

Strong form: in -r

note the u-mutation in certain forms

masc.fem.neut.
sing. N
A
G
D
langr
langan
langs
lǫngum
lǫng
langa
langrar
langri
langt
langt
langs
lǫngu
pl. N
A
G
D
langir
langa
langra
lǫngum
langar
langar
langra
lǫngum
lǫng
lǫng
langra
lǫngum
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