Arnoddr Pearl Scrolltext

Slow secret of wet whale-way

Gray-oyster-grown

shell-treasure from sand seed sown

Well-hidden till order’s prying eyes

expose sword-hand, wise

in more than weapon’s ways

With leather, wax,      wool, metal, wood,      linen, horsehair, horn

With needle, hammer,     saw and clamp,     shuttle, torch, shears, kiln

See! Fine strong goods crafted

For Norsemen’s use

Lo! Pearl in a shell.*

So wolf-gracious bestowers of friendly gifts, King Ragnarr and Queen Mary Isabel, do induct Sir Arnoddr i Ongulseyju into the Order of the Pearl, at Ponte Alto Investiture, this 30th day of March, A.S. LVIII

Words by Anauved de Mona

Art and Calligraphy by Gesa von Wellenstein

*Format for this verse comes from the Darraðarljóð, a skaldic poem of the13th century found within Njals Saga

** The eager, wolf-gracious bestower of friendly gifts [GENEROUS RULER] - ÞjóðA Sex 13II

Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Sexstefja 13’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 125. From https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=verse&i=4439&v=i