"leika tveim skjǫldum" meaning in Old Norse

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            "1": "is",
            "2": "leika tveim skjöldum"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: leika tveim skjöldum",
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      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: leika tveim skjöldum"
    },
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        {
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            "1": "sv",
            "2": "leka med två sköldar",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: leka med två sköldar (calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: leka med två sköldar (calque)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to play with two shields"
      },
      "expansion": "“to play with two shields”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to play with two shields"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “to play with two shields”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “to play with two shields”.",
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      "expansion": "leika tveim skjǫldum",
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    }
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  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "phrase",
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          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[…] I was true to the dear leader; with two shields I never played.\nI fill your retinue, ruler; old age falls upon my hands.",
          "ref": "c. 965, Eyvindr skáldaspillir, loose stanza 10https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=verse&i=2549",
          "text": "[…] Trúr vas’k tyggja dýrum; · tveim skjǫldum lék’k aldri;\nfylli’k flokk þinn, stillir; · fellr á hendr mér elli.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to play both sides against the middle"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "play both sides against the middle",
          "play both sides against the middle"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) to play both sides against the middle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "leika tveim skjǫldum"
}

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            "2": "leika tveim skjöldum"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: leika tveim skjöldum",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: leika tveim skjöldum"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "leka med två sköldar",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: leka med två sköldar (calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: leka med två sköldar (calque)"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "to play with two shields"
      },
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      "name": "m-g"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "to play with two shields"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “to play with two shields”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “to play with two shields”.",
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      },
      "expansion": "leika tveim skjǫldum",
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  ],
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  "pos": "phrase",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[…] I was true to the dear leader; with two shields I never played.\nI fill your retinue, ruler; old age falls upon my hands.",
          "ref": "c. 965, Eyvindr skáldaspillir, loose stanza 10https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=verse&i=2549",
          "text": "[…] Trúr vas’k tyggja dýrum; · tveim skjǫldum lék’k aldri;\nfylli’k flokk þinn, stillir; · fellr á hendr mér elli.",
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        "to play both sides against the middle"
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          "play both sides against the middle",
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        "(idiomatic) to play both sides against the middle"
      ],
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  "word": "leika tveim skjǫldum"
}