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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Pl 57VII/4 —  ‘…’

Gerðu, grœnnar jarðar,
fug es …izk hǫfðu,
eklaust ítrum þakkir
ǫll gram snjǫllum,
áðr til Rúms frá rómu
rekka sveit með teitri
sigrgladdr snilli prýddri
sóknstœrandi fœri.

Ǫll gerðu eklaust þakkir ítrum, snjǫllum gram grœnnar jarðar, esfug hǫfðu …izk, áðr sigrgladdr sóknstœrandi fœri frá rómu til Rúms með teitri, snilli prýddri sveit rekka.

They all gave thanks profusely to the glorious, brave ruler of the green earth [SKY/HEAVEN? > = God], when the noble ones had …, before the victory-glad attack-increaser [WARRIOR] returned from the battle to Rome with the cheerful, courage-adorned band of men.

readings

[4] ǫll …: ‘[...]’ 673b, 673bÞH, ‘[...]gu’ 673bFJ

notes

[4] : Jón Helgason 1932-3, who thought he could make out two <a>s, proposed tjalda ‘of the tents’ here. Finnur Jónsson 1887 (but not Skj A) read the last two letters of the word as <gu>.

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