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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ESk Ingdr 3II/2 — merkja ‘standard’

Út lét stǫng á Stræti
sterkr dýrligra merkja
— dúðusk dǫrr — af reiði
Dags sonr bera fagra.
Hnigu menn í gný Gunnar
gagls fyr strengjar hagli;
brœðr hafa barzk í miðri
Bjǫrgyn fyr ósynju.

Sterkr sonr Dags lét bera fagra stǫng dýrligra merkja út á Stræti af reiði; dǫrr dúðusk. Menn hnigu fyr hagli strengjar í gný gagls Gunnar; brœðr hafa barzk í miðri Bjǫrgyn fyr ósynju.

The strong son of Dagr [= Grégóríus] let the fair pole of the precious standard be carried out onto Stræti (‘the Street’) with wrath; spears shook. Men sank down before the hail of the bowstring [ARROWS] in the din of Gunnr’s <valkyrie’s> gosling [RAVEN/EAGLE > BATTLE]; brothers have fought in the middle of Bergen without cause.

notes

[2] dýrligra merkja ‘of the precious standard’: Lit. ‘of the precious standards’. Pl. used with a sg. meaning.

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