An Original Old Norse Poem (from 2011) (Patreon)
Published:
2018-10-26 18:15:27
Imported:
2023-11
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While I have a moment with internet access, it occurred to me some of you might be amused to see a ljóðaháttr poem* I composed in Old Norse in 2011 (I just stumbled on it in the margins of a book I wrote it down in, and then forgot about):
Hrafnar heim
horfa af vali;
átu ǿrit í aptni.
Ósættir, djarfir
seggir þykkja
í lóg leggjask ef óetnir.
"Ravens turn home
from the slaughtered men;
they ate plenty this evening.
Unreconciled, brave men
would seem wasted
if they were left uneaten."
*Ljóðaháttr is the Old Norse poetic meter that e.g. Hávamál is in.