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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Svart Skauf 2VIII/6 — fyrða ‘of men’

Því voru nítján         niðjar skaufhala
hunds jafningja         heldr en tuttugu,
— þar sannaðiz forn         fyrða mæli —
að oft verðr örgum         eins vant á tög.

Því voru nítján niðjar skaufhala, jafningja hunds, heldr en tuttugu, að oft verðr örgum vant eins á tög; þar sannaðiz forn mæli fyrða.

It was for that reason that there were nineteen offspring of Tassel-tail, a dog’s equal, rather than twenty because the wicked one often lacks one from ten; there the old saying of men came true.

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[6] fyrða: so Rask87ˣ, forn‑ 603

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