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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Gamlkan Has 29VII/4 — holdi ‘flesh’

Leitt í lopt upp, dróttinn
— litu gǫrla þat vitrir —
himins fylgjandi, helgu
holdi skrýddr, af foldu.
Áðr trúir ǫld ok síðan
aldýran þik stýra,
skríngeypnandi, skepnu,
skýstalls, sælu allri.

Fylgjandi dróttinn himins, leitt í lopt upp af foldu, skrýddr helgu holdi; vitrir litu þat gǫrla. Skýstalls skrín geypnandi, ǫld trúir áðr ok síðan þik aldýran stýra allri sælu skepnu.

Helping lord of heaven [= Christ], you rose up into the sky from earth, clothed with holy flesh; wise men saw that clearly. Holder of the shrine of the cloud-platform [(lit. ‘cloud-platform’s shrine-holder’) SKY/HEAVEN > SUN > = God (= Christ)], mankind believes, before and since, that you, altogether glorious, govern all the bliss of creation.

notes

[3-4] skrýddr helgu holdi ‘clothed with holy flesh’: Cf. Líkn 12/3-4: skrýddi sik hjalmprýddan holdi ‘clothed himself, helmet-adorned, with flesh’. See also Lil 24/7-8.

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