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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Eyv Hál 9I/3 — hróka ‘of the cormorants’

Ok Sigurð,
hinns svǫnum veitti
hróka bjór
Haddingja vals
farmatýs,
fjǫrvi næmðu
jarðráðendr
á Ǫglói.

Ok jarðráðendr næmðu Sigurð, hinns veitti bjór hróka vals Haddingja svǫnum farmatýs, fjǫrvi á Ǫglói.

And the rulers of the land [RULERS] deprived Sigurðr, he who supplied beer of the cormorants of the chosen of the Haddingjar <legendary heroes> [WARRIORS > RAVENS/EAGLES > BLOOD] to the swans of the god of cargoes [= Óðinn > RAVENS], of life at Ǫgló.

readings

[3] hróka: hauka Flat, ‘hraka’ R(20v)

kennings

grammar

case: gen.
number: pl.

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