For Valdimarr Thorbane's Maunche
From EastKingdomWiki
Words by Toki Redbeard and Magnús hvalmagi; written in kvithuhattr
At Metalsmiths Symposium in the Shire of Glenn Linn, The King and Queen called Valdimarr Thorbane before them. The skald stepped forward and spoke a verse:
King and Queen | cut the runes and |
break the gold | and bind all oaths. |
Oak and elm | of Eastern Crowns, |
eyes shining, | eager greet you. |
Bull's beakers | bear your carvings, |
runes of praise | wrap these ear-roots. |
Skill of tools | scribed the throne-gifts. |
Beast's bow is | blazed with fame-path. |
Take in trust | Tyger's reward, |
gift of garb | granted rarely - |
measured arm | with mail of flax. |
Oaken branch | by oath-lords clad. |
Then, King Gregor and Queen Kiena took Valdimarr Thorbane into Their Order of the Maunche. It was the eighth day of October, forty-six years after the first settlement of the Society.
© Michael Dixon and Peter Olsen