Hverja nótt húns (Every bear´s night) [NaPoWriMo # 4]

November 4 - Verse # 4


Today was a long day and I had very little inspiration to write. However, thanks to a set of replies to a "give me a word" posting, I got some inspiration. The verse is a description of winter, a kenning for which is Hverja nótt húns "Every bear's night".  There are a few kenningar in the verse - explained in the notes following it.


Enjoy!

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Hverja nótt húns

Old Icelandic	Line Translation	Prose Order Translation
Skikkja djupgr seil-ras snæugr hylja inn skógr-fjall; hærð orms gamla galla gellan kominn hélu. Sofari-hells síngjarn snerkja af vin-berja; af eplar-frosinn fuglar fátídir fors-fullr þrátta.	Mantle deep of earth-rope snowy hides mountain-forest; haired worms ancient gall yelling arrived rime. Greedy Cave-sleeper snores because of wine-berry; over apples-frozen birds strange angry quarrel.	The deep snowy mantle of earth-rope hides the mountain-forest; rime-haired ancient worm´s gall yelling arrived. The greedy cave-sleeper snores from berry-wine (while) strange angry birds quarrel about frozen-apples.

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NOTES

Kennings Used


seil-ras > earth-rope > SNAKE
orms galla > worm's gall > WINTER
sofari-hells  > cave-sleeper > BEAR

I hope you enjoyed the verse.  Comment below, please!