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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Ív Sig 16II/1 — Skók ‘shook’

Skók veðrvita        í vôtum byr
gulli glæstan        of grams skipi.
Kløkkar urðu,        en konungr stýrði,
snekkju sneisar        of Sigurði.

Veðrvita skók í vôtum byr, glæstan gulli, of skipi grams. Sneisar snekkju urðu kløkkar of Sigurði, en konungr stýrði.

The weather-vane shook in the wet wind, adorned with gold, above the lord’s ship. The thin planks of the warship became pliable around Sigurðr, and the king was steering.

notes

[1] skók ‘shook’: The verb skaka ‘shake’ (skók 3rd pers. sg. pret. indic.) is used impersonally with verðrvita ‘the weather-vane’ as the object.

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