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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Hharð Lv 14II/4 — skjaldar ‘of the shield’

Krjúpum vér fyr vápna
(valteigs) brǫkun eigi
(svá bauð Hildr) at hjaldri
(haldorð) í bug skjaldar.
Hôtt bað mik, þars mœttusk,
menskorð bera forðum,
Hlakkar íss ok hausar,
hjalmstall í gný malma.

Vér krjúpum eigi í bug skjaldar at hjaldri fyr brǫkun vápna; svá bauð haldorð Hildr valteigs. Menskorð bað mik forðum bera hjalmstall hôtt í gný malma, þars íss Hlakkar ok hausar mœttusk.

We [I] do not creep into the hollow of the shield in battle because of the crash of weapons; thus the faithful Hildr <valkyrie> of the falcon-field [ARM > WOMAN] commanded. The necklace-pole [WOMAN] told me earlier to hold the helmet-support [HEAD] high in the clamour of swords [BATTLE] where Hlǫkk’s <valkyrie’s> ice [SWORD] and skulls met.

notes

[4] í bug skjaldar ‘into the hollow of the shield’: For curved shields, see Falk 1912, 135-7.

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