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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ǪrvOdd Ævdr 11VIII (Ǫrv 81)/2 — segja ‘to tell’

Hann léz seggjum         segja kunna,
hvar til hodda var         hægt at ráða.
Hann bað oss ganga         götu lengra,
ef vér vildim         fleira eiga.

Hann léz kunna segja seggjum, hvar var hægt at ráða til hodda. Hann bað oss ganga lengra götu, ef vér vildim eiga fleira .

He said he was able to tell the men where it was easy to acquire treasures. He advised us to travel by a longer way if we wanted to have more wealth.

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