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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Pl 50VII/1 — Hús ‘a house’

Hús átti sér hættin
hress í garði þessum
(fekk strengjar þar Þungra)
Þéopista (sér vistar),
síz jarðar fjǫr firrðisk,
fránbaugs, sás tók hána,
undins látrs, frá ítrum
endr Plácito, sendir.

Hættin, hress Þéopista átti sér hús í garði þessum; Þungra strengjar fekk sér þar vistar, síz sendir látrs undins fránbaugs jarðar, sás tók hána endr frá ítrum Plácito, firrðisk fjǫr.

The virtuous, energetic Theopista had a house in this orchard; the Þungra <= Freyja> of the ribbon [WOMAN] settled there after the distributor of the ground of the twisted shining ring of the earth [= Miðgarðsormr > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN], the one who had once taken her from the glorious Placitus, left this life.

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[1] Hús átti: ‘H[...]ti’ 673b, 673bÞH, ‘hus atte’(?) 673bHE, ‘Hus [...]te’ 673bFJ

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