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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Gill Lv 1VIII (Gautr 2)/5 — lýða ‘of men’

Heimsliga         er ek veik hendi til,
        er ek kom við kinn konu.
Lítil lyf kveða         höfð til lýða sona;
        af því var hann Gautrekr getinn.

Er ek veik hendi heimsliga til, er ek kom við kinn konu. Kveða lítil lyf höfð til sona lýða; hann Gautrekr var getinn af því.

I moved my hand foolishly, when I touched the woman’s cheek. They say little substance is required for [to make] the sons of men; that fellow Gautrekr was begotten from that.

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[4, 5] kveða höfð til lýða sona: kveða lýða sonar 152, þat (?) kveða lýðir vera 567XIV γ, kveði til lýða þrífa 164hˣ, til lýða sona 194cˣ

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