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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Ív Sig 29II/1 — Veitti ‘made’

Veitti vísi        fyr Valsnesi
sókn snarpliga        Svína-Grími.
Hann lét missa        mildings *nefa
hœgri handar,        áðr hjaldr lykisk.

Vísi veitti Svína-Grími snarpliga sókn fyr Valsnesi. Hann lét *nefa mildings missa hœgri handar, áðr hjaldr lykisk.

The leader made a vigorous attack on Svína-Grímr (‘Pig-Grímr’) off Valsneset. He caused the nephew of the generous one [= Svína-Grímr] to lose his right hand before the fighting came to a close.

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