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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Hjǫrtr Lv 3II/8 — vegs ‘of honour’

Munat í vári        vestr langskipum
hugragr of haf        Haraldr fara.
Því mun lengi        lafhræddr konungr
alls andvani        Englands ok vegs.

Hugragr Haraldr munat fara langskipum vestr of haf í vári. Því mun lafhræddr konungr lengi andvani alls Englands ok vegs.

Cowardly-minded Haraldr will not travel on long-ships west across the sea this spring. Therefore the terror-stricken king will long be bereft of all England and of honour.

readings

[8] vegs: ‘vex’ 326bˣ

notes

[8] vegs ‘of honour’: For the ms. spelling ‘vex’, see ANG §239.1.b.

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