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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Eyv Hál 3I/1 — útrǫst ‘outlying tract’

Þás útrǫst
jarla bági
Belja dolgs
byggva vildi.

Þás bági jarla vildi byggva útrǫst dolgs Belja.

When the adversary of jarls [RULER] wished to settle the outlying tract of the enemy of Beli <giant> [= Freyr].

readings

[1] útrǫst: ‘at ro᷎str’ , ‘vt ræstr’ W, ‘ofræstr’ U

notes

[1] útrǫst ‘the outlying tract’: This rare word (see CVC, Fritzner: útröst) is based on rǫst f., which normally refers to a distance of now uncertain length (e.g. Sigv Austv 3/1, pl. rastir).

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