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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Ív Sig 22II/1 — Elfi ‘the Götaälv’

Vann í Elfi,        þars jǫfurr barðisk,
fall folkstara,        til fǫðurleifðar.
Skulfu skeyti;        skot mǫgnuðusk;
hnigu hringviðir        hvárratveggju.

Vann fall folkstara í Elfi, þars jǫfurr barðisk til fǫðurleifðar. Skeyti skulfu; skot mǫgnuðusk; hringviðir hnigu hvárratveggju.

He furnished slaughter for the battle-starling [RAVEN] in the Götaälv, where the prince fought for his patrimony. Arrows shook; shots intensified; sword-trees [WARRIORS] fell on both sides.

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[1] í Elfi ‘in the Götaälv’: The river that runs out of Lake Vänern in south-western Sweden.

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