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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Lil 74VII/1 — gegn ‘the other hand’

Þessu í gegn munu finna fögnuð;
fyrðum heim til sinnar dýrðar
herrann bauð með hæstri prýði,
heimleiddir því að verða beimar
ungir, glaðir, frjálsir, fríðir,
færir, máttkir, vitrir, skærir;
hátíð gild um allar aldir
alda þeim er virðing haldin.

Í gegn þessu munu finna fögnuð; herrann bauð fyrðum heim til dýrðar sinnar með hæstri prýði, því að heimleiddir beimar verða ungir, glaðir, frjálsir, fríðir, færir, máttkir, vitrir, skærir; hátíð gild haldin um allar aldir alda er virðing þeim.

On the other hand, they will find joy; the Lord invited men home to his glory with the highest splendour, because the people, having been led home, become young, happy, free, beautiful, healthy, mighty, wise, radiant; a magnificent feast held through all ages to come is an honour to them.

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[1] í gegn þessu ‘against this, on the other hand’: The image of the shepherd separating the sheep from the goats is sustained. In st. 72 the poet tells how, at the Last Judgement, Christ will separate the saved from the damned. St. 73 describes the fate of the damned at his left hand; st. 74 the fate of the saved at his right.

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