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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Ormr Frag 1III/4 — blindum ‘for a blind’

Ræðk þenna mǫg manni


Vindsvals unað blindum.

Ræðk blindum manni unað þenna mǫg Vindsvals …

I devise pleasure for a blind man this son of Vindsvalr <giant> [= Vetr (vetr ‘winter’)] …

readings

[4] blindum: ‘b[…]vm’ W

notes

[1, 4] blindum manni ‘for a blind man’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) conjectures that this is a reference to the poet himself, but it might preferably be taken as referring to the patron or recipient whom the poet seeks to entertain during the winter.

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