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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Marm Lv 4VIII (Hálf 9)/5 — Skammt ‘a short time’

Hefir sér á höfði         hjálm upp spenntan,
herkuml harðligt         Heðins af létta.
Skammt mun sveinum         — sé þat, sem er —
hildar at bíða         hér á ferli.

Hefir sér á höfði upp spenntan hjálm harðligt herkuml Heðins, af létta. Sveinum mun skammt at bíða hildar hér á ferli; sé þat, sem er.

On her head she has clasped with ease a helmet, the hard war token of Heðinn <legendary hero> [HELMET]. The lads will have to wait a short time for war to be on its way here. I see it as it is.

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