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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Auðunn Lv 1III/1 — þó ‘Yet’

Maðr skyldi þó, moldar,
megja hverr of þegja,
kenniseiðs þótt kunni
kleppdǫgg Hôars lǫggvar.

Hverr maðr skyldi þó megja of þegja, þótt kunni kleppdǫgg lǫggvar Hôars kenniseiðs moldar.

Yet each man ought to be able to remain silent, even though he knows the lump-dew of Hárr’s <= Óðinn’s> cask-rim [VAT > BAD POETRY] of the testing coalfish of the earth [SNAKE = Ormr (ormr ‘snake’)].

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