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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Innsteinn Innkv 15VIII (Hálf 35)/4 — fólks ‘of the army’

Hrókr er fallinn         með hertoga,
frækn at fótum         fólks oddvita.
Eigum Óðni         ilt at gjalda,
er hann slíkan konung         sigri rænti.

Hrókr er fallinn með hertoga, frækn at fótum oddvita fólks. Eigum at gjalda Óðni ilt, er hann rænti slíkan konung sigri.

Hrókr has fallen with the army-commander, valiant at the feet of the leader of the army [KING = Hálfr]. We have to repay Óðinn for evil, as he deprived such a king of victory.

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[4] oddvita fólks ‘of the leader of the army [KING = Hálfr]’: Here oddviti fólks is interpreted as a single kenning denoting ‘king, prince’, although oddviti itself (lit. ‘point-director’) might be looked upon as a kenning, albeit very much faded. See Meissner 358-9, LP: oddviti and Note to Ket 3[b]/3.

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