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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Bragi Þórr 5III/1 — forns ‘of ancient’

Þás forns Litar flotna
á fangboða ǫngli
hrøkkviáll of hrokkinn
hekk Vǫlsunga drekku.

Þás hrøkkviáll drekku Vǫlsunga hekk of hrokkinn á ǫngli fangboða flotna forns Litar.

When the coiling eel of the drink of the Vǫlsungar [POISON > = Miðgarðsormr] hung coiled up on the fishing hook of the wrestling-challenger of the followers of ancient Litr <giant> [GIANTS > = Þórr].

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[1] forns: ‘fons’

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