Hello folks!
 
I've been keeping a low profile recently and now I have a query.  I am doing a study of what the word "víkingr" meant in Viking Age and medieval Scandinavia to see if I can trace any change in meaning over time.  I have looked at examples in runic inscriptions, the kings sagas and sagas of the Icelanders.  I am struggling somewhat with the examples in skaldic poetry.  I have one example from a 9th century poet, eight from 10th century poets, eight from 11th century poets and five from 12th century poets.
 
I ran this by Haukur who suggested there might be members of this group who would be able to help me with translating these.  It is no more than a few lines from each skald.  If anyone can help me, perhaps it would be easiest to contact me direct and I will email you copies of the relevant verses. 
 
ps. If anyone is interested to hear the results of my findings, I'd be happy to post them to the group :-)
 
Cheers,
Sarah Bowen
 
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