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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Gamlkan Jóndr 1VII/5 — ranns ‘of the hall’

Tígnar frák þik upphaf eignask
— eigi mistir blezan Kristi —
ráðeflandi, risnu prúðan,
rekka liðs, af flærðar hnekki,
sólar ranns at siklingr unni
seima brjót* í þessum heimi
mærðar kœnn, ok móður sinni
mætra lífs, an aðrir gæti.

Ráðeflandi liðs rekka, frák þik, prúðan risnu, eignask upphaf tígnar af hnekki flærðar — eigi mistir blezan Kristi — at mærðar kœnn siklingr ranns sólar unni brjót* seima ok sinni móður mætra lífs í þessum heimi, an aðrir gæti.

Counsel-provider of the troop of men [MANKIND > APOSTLE], I have heard that you, splendid in munificence, acquired for yourself elevation in honour from the suppressor of falsehood [= God (= Christ)] — you did not go without the blessing of Christ — that the famous lord of the hall of the sun [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)] granted to the breaker of gold wires [GENEROUS MAN] and to his own mother a more worthy life in this world than others were able to obtain.

kennings

grammar

case: gen.

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