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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ESk Eystdr 2II/3 — síð ‘be saved’

Mun, sás morði vanðisk,
margillr, ok sveik stilli,
síð af slíkum rôðum
Símun skalpr of hjalpask.

Margillr Símun skalpr, sás vanðisk morði ok sveik stilli, mun of hjalpask síð af slíkum rôðum.

The very wicked Símun skálpr (‘Sword-sheath’), who practised murder and betrayed the ruler, will be saved late by such actions.

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[3] síð ‘late’: Litotes; meaning that he will never be absolved for this action. Salvucci (2006, 869) suggests that he will obtain absolution after spending a period of atonement in purgatory, which is less likely given the early date of this text (the notion of purgatory was quite late in developing in medieval Europe). For the heinous crime of high treason, see also Notes to Þflekk Lv l. 12 and Rv Lv 32/2.

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