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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Mgr 11VII/8 — stríði ‘the suffering’

‘Grætiligt er að inna ýtum
angr og harm, er eg fekk inn langa
frjádag þann, er fylki sunnu
fleinhristendr á krossinn nistu.
Síðan, er mig heim á himna
heilagr leiddi skepnu deilir
einglar fyrir mier sætt lof sungu
síð og árla, en lokið er stríði.

‘Grætiligt er að inna ýtum angr og harm, er eg fekk þann inn langa frjádag, er fleinhristendr nistu fylki sunnu á krossinn. Síðan, er heilagr deilir skepnu leiddi mig heim á himna, sungu einglar sætt lof fyrir mier síð og árla, en lokið er stríði.

‘It is painful to tell people about the sorrow and suffering which I felt that Good Friday [lit. long Friday], when spear-shakers [WARRIORS] nailed the ruler of the sun [= God (= Christ)] onto the Cross. Later, when the holy ordainer of creation [= God (= Christ)] led me home into the heavens, the angels sang sweet praise before me late and early, and the suffering has ceased.

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