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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Hróksv Hrkv 9VIII (Hálf 59)/4 — mein ‘harm’

Bað ekki hann í her         höptu* græta,
né manns konu         mein at vinna.
Mey bað hann hverja         mundi kaupa,
fögru gulli,         at föður ráði.

Hann bað ekki græta höptu* í her, né at vinna konu manns mein. Hann bað kaupa hverja mey mundi, fögru gulli, at ráði föður.

He forbade [men] to make a female captive in the army weep nor to do harm to a man’s wife. He ordered every girl to be bought for a bride-price, for fine gold, with the consent of her father.

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