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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Pl 48VII/4 — heruð ‘districts’

Herferðar rak harðan
hyr-Þróttr í styr flótta
odda þings ok eyddi
eirlaust heruð þeira,
áðr fyr rán, þats réðu
randlinns stafar vinna,
gjald, sem goðs þegn vildi,
gjalfrhests metendr festu.

Odda þings hyr-Þróttr rak harðan flótta herferðar í styr ok eyddi eirlaust heruð þeira, áðr metendr gjalfrhests festu gjald, sem þegn goðs vildi, fyr rán, þats stafar randlinns réðu vinna.

The Þróttr <= Óðinn> of the fire of the assembly of spears [(lit. ‘fire-Þróttr of the assembly of spears’) BATTLE > SWORD > WARRIOR] vigorously pursued the retreat of the troops in battle and mercilessly harried their districts, until the appraisers of the sea-stallion [SHIP > SEAFARERS] fixed such compensation as God’s retainer [HOLY MAN] wished for the pillaging, which the staves of the shield-serpent [SWORD > WARRIORS] had committed.

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[4] heruð: ‘horoþ’ 673b

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