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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 49m

Ed. Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper
Vol. 7, p. 439
Mss: 1199ˣ(75r), 624(147)

Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 49m

Too much drinking is bad; it does not come alone; much harm accompanies it: grief and quarrels and unsatisfied carnal lust, sickness and a multitude of sins.

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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 49m

[Reorderd:] Ofdrykkja er ill; hon ferr eigi einsömul; mart til meins fylgir henni: angr ok þrætur ok óstilt lostasemi, sótt ok fjölð synda.

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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 49m

Ill er ofdrykkja;
ferr hon eigi einsömul;
fylgir henni mart til meins
angr ok þrætur
ok óstilt lostasemi
sótt ok synda fjölð.
Anon Hsv 132

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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 1d

Ed. R. D. Fulk
Vol. 1, p. 111
Mss: 51ˣ(2v), FskBˣ(3r), 302ˣ(4v), FskAˣ(9), 52ˣ(4r), 301ˣ(3v) (Fsk)

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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 1d

‘Then they are glad, when they know [there is] prospect of battle, ready to leap up and to bend oars, to break thongs and to shatter oarports; I think they speed the oar-strokes powerfully at the bidding of the leader.’

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[Reorderd:] ‘Þá eru þeir reifir, es vitu væni rómu, ǫrvir at hlaupa upp ok at sveigja árar, at brjóta hǫmlur en at slíta hái; ek hygg þá þeysa vǫrru ríkuliga at ráði vísa.’

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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 1d

‘Þá eru þeir reifir,
es vitu rómu væni,
ǫrvir upp at hlaupa
ok árar at sveigja,
hǫmlur at brjóta
en hái at slíta;
ríkuliga hygg ek þá vǫrru þeysa
at vísa ráði.’
Þhorn Harkv 17

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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 2d

Ed. R. D. Fulk
Vol. 1, p. 109
Mss: 51ˣ(2v), FskBˣ(3r), 302ˣ(4v), FskAˣ(8), 52ˣ(4r), 301ˣ(3v) (Fsk)

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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 2d

‘How generous is [he] to those who guard [his] land, the excellent war-hastener [WARRIOR] to his men of skills?’

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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 2d

[Reorderd:] ‘Hversu es fégjafall, þeim es verja fold, ítr* ógnflýtir við íþróttarmenn sína?’

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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 2d

‘Hversu es fégjafall,
þeim es fold verja,
ítr* ógnflýtir
við íþróttarmenn sína?’
Þhorn Harkv 15

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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 3d

Ed. Kari Ellen Gade
Vol. 3, p. 141
Mss: R(28r), Tˣ(29r), W(73) (SnE)

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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 3d

Where the tears of Mardǫll‹= Freyja› [GOLD] lie between the grooves; we [I] carry the destroyer of Gautr’s mighty door [SHIELD › AXE/SWORD], swollen with lairs of the valley-char [SNAKE › GOLD].

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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 3d

[Reorderd:] Þars grátr Mardallar liggr milli skurða; berum galla meginhurðar Gauts, þrútinn látra dalreyðar.

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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 3d

Þars Mardallar milli
(meginhurðar) liggr skurða
(Gauts berum galla þrútinn)
grátr (dalreyðar látra).
ESk Øxfl 1

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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 4d

Ed. Kari Ellen Gade
Vol. 7, p. 733
Mss: 721(16v), 1032ˣ(152v-153v)

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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 4d

The messengers ran away as soon as they heard this verse mentioned; then the blessed, exalted bride addresses their troops: ‘How can you boast …,’ said the blessed Virgin; ‘I claim this man for myself; I see that less is achieved for you.

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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 4d

[Reorderd:] Árar stukku, þegar þeir heyrðu þessa vess gietið; síðan yrðir sæl, háleit brúðr sveitir þeira: ‘Hvessu máttu hælaz …,’ kvað sæl meyin; ‘eg kalla mier þennan mann; eg sie, að minna vinnz þier.

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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 4d

Árar stukku, þegar þeir
þessa heyrðu gietið vess;
síðan yrðir sæl brúðr
sveitir þeira háleit:
‘hvessu máttu …
hælaz,’ kvað meyin sæl;
‘þennan kalla eg mier mann;
minna sie eg að þier vinnz.
Anon Mv III 22

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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 5d

Ed. Matthew Townend
Vol. 1, p. 871
Mss: Kˣ(487r), 39(11ra) (Hkr); Holm2(71v), 325VI(39vb), 321ˣ(273), 61(128vb), 325V(86rb), 325VII(40r), 325XI 2 n(1r), Bb(203rb-va), Flat(127va), Tóm(159r) (ÓH)

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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 5d

There bells in the wooden structure ring by themselves above his bed, and every day people hear the sound of bells above the king.

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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 5d

[Reorderd:] Þar kneigu bjǫllur borðveggs hringjask sjalfar of sæing hans, ok hvern dag heyra þjóðir hljóð klokkna of konungmanni.

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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 5d

Þar borðveggs
bjǫllur kneigu
of sæing hans
sjalfar hringjask,
ok hvern dag
heyra þjóðir
klokkna hljóð
of konungmanni.
Þloft Glækv 6

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Skaldic Project @skaldic.org · 6d

Ed. Kari Ellen Gade
Vol. 3, p. 1085
Mss: papp25ˣ(39r), R683ˣ(133v)