Editing Rán (section)

===''Sonatorrek''===
Rán and Ægir receive mention in the poem ''[[Sonatorrek]]'' attributed to 10th century Icelandic [[skald]] [[Egill Skallagrímsson]]. In the poem, Egill laments the death of his son Böðvar, who drowned at sea during a storm:

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:<small>Old Norse:</small>
:Mjök hefr Rán rykst um mik;
:emk ofsnauðr at ástvinum.
:Sleit marr bönd mínnar áttar,
:snaran þátt af sjalfum mér.<ref name="KERSHAW-134">Kershaw (1922:134).</ref>
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:<small>[[Nora K. Chadwick]] translation:</small>
:Greatly has Rán afflicted me.
:I have been despoiled of a great friend.
:Empty and unoccupied, I see the place
:which the sea has torn my son.<ref name="KERSHAW-135">Kershaw (1922:135). Formatted for display.</ref>
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In one difficult stanza later in the poem, the skald expresses the pain of losing his son by invoking the image of slaying the personified sea, personified as Ægir (Old Norse ''ǫlsmið[r]'' 'ale-smith') and Rán (''Ægis man'' 'Ægir's wife'):
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:<small>Old Norse:</small>
:Veiztu um ϸá sǫk
:sverði of rækak,
:var ǫlsmið[r]
:allra tíma;
:hroða vágs brœðr
:ef vega mættak;
:fœra ek andvígr
:Ægis mani.{{Sfn|Einarsson|2003|p=149}}
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:<small>Bjarni Einarsson translation:</small>
:You know,
:if I took revenge with the sword
:for that offence,
:Ægir would be dead;
:if I could kill them,
:I would fight Ægir and Rán.<ref name="EINARSSON-2003">Einarsson (2003:149). Formatted for display.</ref>
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