Editing Mansöngr (section)

==In Norway==
Among the medieval [[Bryggen inscriptions|inscriptions found at Bryggen]] in the Norwegian city of [[Bergen]], there are preserved examples of ''mansǫngskvæði'' ('''mansǫngr''' poems) written in Skaldic meters such as [[dróttkvætt]].<ref name=b145>{{cite book |author=[[Margaret Clunies Ross]] |title=A History of Old Norse Poetry and Poetics |location=Cambridge |publisher=Brewer |orig-year=2005 |year=2011 |isbn=9781843842798 |page=43 }}</ref> In particular, [[Bryggen inscription 145|N B145]] dates to the first half of the thirteenth century and contains a full dróttkvætt stanza, the first half of which translates thusly:<ref name=b145 />
: ''The ancient breeze of the cliff-goddesses [GIANTESSES > DESIRE] fell to me early with respect to the beautiful, dangerous young pine-tree of the fastened fire of the fish expanse [SEA > GOLD > (beautiful, dangerous, young) WOMAN].''
Simplified, this means:
: ''Desire for the beautiful, dangerous young woman overcame me a long time ago.''