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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Gamlkan Has 10VII/8 — rǫðuls ‘of the sun’

Þinn hefir þunglig unnit
(þat fœrir mjǫk) sœri
synðugr þjónn (frá svinnu)
sóltjalds konungr (aldir).
Mæltak mart, þats spillti,
(mætr, vissir þat, gætir
ranns) í rausan minni,
(rǫðuls) fyr mér ok ǫðrum.

Konungr sóltjalds, synðugr þjónn þinn hefir unnit þunglig sœri; þat fœrir aldir mjǫk frá svinnu. Mæltak mart í rausan minni, þats spillti fyr mér ok ǫðrum; vissir þat, mætr gætir ranns rǫðuls.

King of the sun-tent [SKY/HEAVEN > = God], your sinful servant has sworn heavy oaths; that removes men a lot from good sense. I said many things in my bragging which had a corrupting effect on myself and others; you knew that, excellent keeper of the house of the sun [SKY/HEAVEN > = God].

notes

[6, 7, 8] mætr gætir ranns rǫðuls ‘excellent warden of the house of the sun [SKY/HEAVEN > = God]’: Cf. ítrrítar ranns éla ‘glorious … of the shield of the house of storms’ in 26/3 and rǫðuls ‘dwelling of the sun’ at 59/3-4. Heaven-kennings on the same models occur frequently in C12th Christian drápur.

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