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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Rloð Lv 6VIII (Ragn 10)/1 — engum ‘of no’

Sá ek engum sveini
nema Sigurði einum
í brúnsteinum brúna
bráðhalls tau*ma lagða.
Sjá hefir dagrýfir dýra
— dælt er hann at því kenna —
hvass í hvarmatúni
hrings myrkviðar fengit.

Ek sá brúna tau*ma bráðhalls lagða í brúnsteinum engum sveini, nema Sigurði einum. Sjá dýra dagrýfir, hvass, hefir fengit hrings myrkviðar í hvarmatúni; dælt er kenna hann at því.

I have seen bright reins of a rockface [SNAKES] placed in the brow-stones [EYES] of no boy save Sigurðr alone. This breaker of the light of hands [(lit. ‘light-breaker of hands’) GOLD > GENEROUS MAN], keen as he is, has received a ring of the murky forest [SNAKE] in the enclosure of the eyelids [EYE]; it is easy to recognise him by that.

readings

[1] engum: ‘enngí’ 1824b, ‘eínngi’ 147

grammar

Pronouns and determiners: engi (none, no)

masc.fem.neut.
sing. N
A
G
D
engi
engan, engi
engis, enskis
engum
engi
enga
engrar
engri
ekki
ekki
engis, enskis
engu
pl. N
A
G
D
engir
enga
engra
engum
engar
engar
engra
engum
engi
engi
engra
engum
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