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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ESk Frag 9III/3 — lætr ‘makes’

Harðr hefr ǫrt frá jǫrðu
élvindr — svana strindar
blakkr lætr í sog søkkva
snægrund — skipi hrundit.

Harðr élvindr hefr hrundit skipi ǫrt frá jǫrðu; blakkr strindar svana lætr snægrund søkkva í sog.

The strong storm-wind has pushed the ship quickly away from the shore; the steed of the land of swans [SEA > SHIP] makes the snow-ground [= Iceland] sink into the sea.

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[3] blakkr lætr: so W, U, 744ˣ, 2368ˣ, 743ˣ, blakkleitr R, ‘bla er letr’

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