GunnLeif Merl I 67VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 135 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I 67)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 104.
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‘Hittisk targa ok inn togni hjǫrr,
hjalmr ok hneitir, hlíf ok ǫrvar,
brynja in brezka ok brandr roðinn,
manns môttug hǫnd ok meðalkafli,
hvítmýlingar ok hǫlða brjóst.
‘Targa ok inn togni hjǫrr hittisk, hjalmr ok hneitir, hlíf ok ǫrvar, in brezka brynja ok roðinn brandr, môttug hǫnd manns ok meðalkafli, hvítmýlingar ok brjóst hǫlða.
‘‘Shield and the drawn sword meet, helmet and sword, shield and arrows, the British mail-shirt and red-stained sword, a man’s strong hand and a sword-grip, white-muzzled arrows and the breasts of men. ’
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AM 544 4° (Hb) — 52r/24 - 52r/26
imagesHittiz targa ok en togni hiorr hialmr ok hneitir hlif ok órvar bry | nia en brezka ok brandr roðinn mannz mattvg hond ok meðal kafli hvitmylingar ok havll | da briost
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