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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Kálf Kátr 42VII/8 — hilmi ‘the king’

‘Neittu eigi að þiggja þetta’,
Þundr mælti svá orma grundar,
‘pella brík, ei píslir stækar
pálmar hneitis þier um veiti’.
‘Vielamaðr’, kvað veiti*selja
víns, ‘frestaðu ei dauða mínum;
aldri skal eg nú yðru veldi
unna; dýrka eg hilmi sunnu’.

‘Neittu eigi að þiggja þetta, brík pella’, svá mælti Þundr grundar orma, ‘ pálmar hneitis um veiti þier ei stækar píslir’. ‘Vielamaðr’, kvað veiti*selja víns, ‘frestaðu ei dauða mínum; eg skal nú aldri unna yðru veldi; eg dýrka hilmi sunnu’.

’Do not refuse to accept this, screen of velvet [WOMAN]’, thus spoke the Þundr <= Óðinn> of the land of serpents [GOLD > WARRIOR], ‘that the palm trees of the sword [WARRIORS] do not inflict on you violent tortures’. ‘Man of deceits’, said the offering-willow of wine [WOMAN], ‘do not delay my death; I shall now never love your power; I worship the king of the sun [= God]’.

readings

[8] hilmi: ‘hil[...]’ 713, ‘hil(mi)’(?) 399a‑bˣ, ‘hil [...]’ 920ˣ

kennings

grammar

case: acc.

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