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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Gísl Magnkv 13II/1 — skaut ‘shot’

Bǫðkennir skaut        bôðum hǫndum;
allr vá hilmis        herr prúðliga.
Stukku af almi,        þeims jǫfurr sveigði,
hvítmýlingar,        áðr Hugi felli.

Bǫðkennir skaut bôðum hǫndum; allr herr hilmis vá prúðliga. Hvítmýlingar stukku af almi, þeims jǫfurr sveigði, áðr Hugi felli.

The battle-teacher [WARRIOR] shot with both hands; all the lord’s army fought splendidly. White-muzzled arrows flew from the elm-bow which the king bent, before Hugh fell.

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[1, 2] skaut bôðum hǫndum ‘shot with both hands’: Echoes Ív Sig 38/3-4.

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