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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Ásgr Lv 1III/1 — Láðs ‘of the land’

Láðs rupla fé fríðu
fornbauga hyrdraugar
sverða sœki-Njǫrðu
sér veslari heslis.

Fornbauga heslis hyrdraugar rupla fríðu fé sœki-Njǫrðu láðs sverða veslari sér.

Trees of the fire of the hazel-tree of ancient rings [(lit. ‘fire-trees of the hazel-tree of ancient rings’) ARM > GOLD > MEN] are plundering splendid riches from attack-Nirðir <gods> of the land of swords [SHIELD > WARRIORS] poorer than themselves.

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