Poem for Grom Meinfretr's Barony Scroll

Weather of wolves      winter-spear dying

Elf-glory rises              enlightening thegn

Heavy the arm-ring     hardy his sinew

Ring-giver rightly        roaring his blood-worm

Honour-fed honey-claw          hero of clan-kin

Blood-ember burier     Bold spear-dancer

Head-ring adorns him             hanged-god’s favoured

Faces now future        following uncut thread

With kennings footnoted:

Weather of wolves[1]     winter-spear[2] dying

Elf-glory[3] rises                        enlightening thegn

Heavy the arm-ring     hardy his sinew

Ring-giver rightly        roaring his blood-worm[4]

Honour-fed honey-claw[5]        hero of clan-kin

Blood-ember[6] burier    Bold spear-dancer[7]

Head-ring[8] adorns him                        hanged-god’s[9] favoured

Faces now future        following uncut thread[10]

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[1] Harsh winter

[2] Icicle

[3] The sun

[4] Sword

[5] Bear, referring to Grom as being Septentrian

[6] Axe

[7] Warrior

[8] His baronial coronet

[9] Odin

[10] Unfilled destiny, meaning there is more in store for Grom to accomplish