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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ǪrvOdd Lv 32VIII (Ǫrv 69)/3 — úlfi ‘a wolf’

Elta ek ásu         ørhjartaða tvá,
sem fyr úlfi         örg geit rynni.
Illr er Óðinn         at eingavin;
skuluð eigi ér         skratta blóta.

Ek elta tvá ørhjartaða ásu, sem örg geit rynni fyr úlfi. Óðinn er illr at eingavin; ér skuluð eigi blóta skratta.

I chased the two dispirited gods just as a timid nanny goat runs before a wolf. Óðinn is evil as an intimate friend; you should not worship demons with sacrifice.

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