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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Ásb Ævkv 2VIII (OStór 5)/2 — sátum ‘would sit’

Annat var, þá er inni.
Ölkátirvér sátum
ok á fleyskipi fórum
fjörð af Hörðalandi.
Drukkum mjöð ok mæltum
mart orð saman forðum;
nú emk einn í öngvar
jötna þröngvar genginn.

Annat var, þá er inni. Vér sátum ölkátirok fórum fjörð á fleyskipi af Hörðalandi. Drukkum mjöð forðum ok mæltum mart orð saman; nú emk einn genginn í öngvar þröngvar jötna.

It used to be different, when inside. We would sit merry with ale and sail the fjord on a fast ship away from Hordaland. We drank mead in days gone by and spoke many a word together; now I have come alone into the confining straits of giants.

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