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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Rloð Lv 4VIII (Ragn 8)/7 — auga ‘the eye’

Sigurðr mun sveinn of heitinn;
sá mun orrostur heyja,
mjök líkr vera móður
ok mögr föður kallaðr.
Sá mun Óðins ættar
yfirþáttr vera heitinn;
þeim er ormr í auga,
er annan lét svelta.

Sveinn mun of heitinn Sigurðr; sá mun heyja orrostur, vera mjök líkr móður ok kallaðr mögr föður. Sá mun vera heitinn yfirþáttr ættar Óðins; ormr er í auga þeim, er lét annan svelta.

The boy will be called Sigurðr; he will engage in battles, will be very like his mother and called his father’s son. He will come to be known as the chief scion of Óðinn’s dynasty; there is a snake in the eye of him [Sigurðr Fáfnisbani] who caused another [snake, Fáfnir] to die.

readings

[7] þeim er ormr í auga: ‘þeim mun ormur […]’ 147

notes

[7] auga ‘eye’: Olsen (Ragn 1906-8, 181) could read ‘aug[…]’ here in 147, but this cannot now be confirmed.

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