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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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GunnLeif Merl I 4VIII/3 — sagaðr ‘said’

Es áttbogi         enskrar þjóðar
saxneskr sagaðr         í sǫgum fornum.
Þaðan eflðusk þeir         til þrimu geira
landi at ræna         lofðung Breta.

Áttbogi enskrar þjóðar es sagaðr saxneskr í fornum sǫgum. Þaðan eflðusk þeir til þrimu geira at ræna lofðung Breta landi.

The lineage of the English people is said in ancient stories to be Saxon. From there they strengthened themselves for the clash of spears [BATTLE] to deprive the king of the Britons of the land.

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[3] sagaðr ‘said’: This is a by-form of the usual p. p. sagðr (LP: segja).

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