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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Sól 67VII/6 — slitu ‘tore’

Menn sá ek þá,        er margt höfðu
        orð á annan logit;
heljar hrafnar        ór höfði þeim
        harðliga sjónir slitu.

Ek sá menn þá, er höfðu logit margt orð á annan; hrafnar heljar slitu harðliga sjónir ór höfði þeim.

I saw men then who had greatly slandered another; Hell’s ravens violently tore the eyes out of their heads.

readings

[6] harðliga sjónir slitu: slitu harðliga sjónir 738ˣ, ‘hardleg[...] sjónir slitu’ 214ˣ, sárliga sjónir slitu 2797ˣ

notes

[6] slitu sjónir ‘tore the eyes (out)’: In Fj 45/1-3 Svipdagr is threatened with having his eyes pecked out by ravens as a punishment for lying: horskir hrafnar | skulu þér á hám gálga | slíta sjónir úr | ef þú þat lýgr ‘wise ravens shall, on high gallows, tear out your eyes if you are lying about that’.

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