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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Hálfr Innkv 4VIII (Hálf 21)/2 — hamalt ‘draw up’

Hrynja um herðar,         þeim er hamalt fylkja
grams verðungu,         gyldnar brynjur.
Þat mun á öxlum         öðlings vinum
ljóst at líta,         sem logi brenni.

Gyldnar brynjur hrynja um herðar, þeim er fylkja hamalt verðungu grams. Þat mun ljóst at líta á öxlum vinum öðlings, sem logi brenni.

Gilded byrnies fall around the shoulders of those who draw up the prince’s retinue in a wedge-shaped phalanx. A brightness will be clearly seen on the shoulders of the prince’s friends, as if a flame were burning.

notes

[2] fylkja hamalt ‘draw up in a wedge-shaped phalanx’: The word hamalt occcurs only in the idiomatic expression fylkja hamalt, see LP: 1. hamall. In the ms. fylkja is written fylgía; see further Hálf 67/5, where fylkti is written fylgdí; see Note to ÞjóðA Run 1/4II. Óðinn was reputed to have taught warriors how to fylkja hamalt (Beck 1998).

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