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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Eystk Útkv 1VIII (Hálf 48)/4 — meiri ‘superior’

Sjálft mun letja         slíks at freista;
Hálfs eru rekkar         hverjum meiri.
Þik veit ek manna         miklu fremstan,
einn snjallastan,         er þú átta vátt.

Sjálft mun letja at freista slíks; rekkar Hálfs eru meiri hverjum. Ek veit þik miklu fremstan manna, einn snjallastan, er þú vátt átta.

It is self-evidently futile to try such a thing; Hálfr’s champions are superior to everyone. I know you [to be] by far the foremost of men, one of the most valiant, because you slew eight men.

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