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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Eyv Hál 7I/8 — á ‘at’

Varð Hôkun
Hǫgna meyjar
viðr vápnberr,
es vega skyldi,
ok sinn aldr
í odda gný
Freys ôttungr
á Fjǫlum lagði.

Hôkun, viðr meyjar Hǫgna, varð vápnberr, es skyldi vega, ok ôttungr Freys lagði aldr sinn í gný odda á Fjǫlum.

Hákon, tree of the maiden of Hǫgni <legendary hero> [= Hildr (hildr ‘battle’) > WARRIOR], became weapon-bare when he had to fight, and the kinsman of Freyr <god> [= Hákon] laid down his life in the din of points [BATTLE] at Fjaler.

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[8] á: at F

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[8] á Fjǫlum ‘at Fjaler’: Fjalir (Fjaler) is a fjord and the surrounding district, just north of Sognefjorden on the west coast of Norway.

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