Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 63 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 63)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 186.
Þó hefk sagt seggja kindum
slíkt, es bók brǫgnum kynnir.
Nýti sér njótar stála
slíka sǫgn, ok sésk fyrir.
Þó hefk sagt kindum seggja slíkt, es bók kynnir brǫgnum. {Njótar stála} nýti sér slíka sǫgn, ok sésk fyrir.
‘Yet I have told the children of men such [things] as the book teaches men. Let the users of weapons [WARRIORS] avail themselves of such sayings and take heed. ’
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Þo hefir ek sa | gt seɢia kindvm slikt er bok brognvm kynner nyti ser níotar stala slika sogn ok sez fyrir |
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