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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ESk Run 8II/3 — Skǫrpu ‘the Farne’

Drap dǫglingr gegn
— dreif strengjar regn —
við Skǫrpusker
skjaldkœnan her.
Rauf styrjar garð,
þás støkkva varð
randǫlun sótt
reiðmanna gnótt.

Gegn dǫglingr drap skjaldkœnan her við Skǫrpusker; regn strengjar dreif. Garð styrjar rauf, þás gnótt reiðmanna, sótt randǫlun, varð støkkva.

The reliable ruler killed the shield-skilled company at the Farne Islands; the rain of the bow-string [ARROWS] streamed. The enclosure of strife [SHIELD] shattered when plenty of horsemen, attacked by the rim-fish [SWORD], were forced to scatter.

readings

[3] Skǫrpu‑: skarpa‑ F

notes

[3] Skǫrpusker ‘the Farne Islands’: Skǫrpusker can be lit. translated as ‘the sharp skerries’ and the p. n. is also found in Anon Krm 6/5VIII. These islands have been identified as the Farne Islands, two of which are still known as Little Scarcar and Big Scarcar. They are located off the coast of Northumbria (see Townend 1998, 69-70 and A. Taylor 1965, 132-3).

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