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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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GunnLeif Merl I 9VIII/2 — myrkva ‘the obscure’

Einn vas maðr sá,         es myrkva frétt
fyr skata skýrum         skynja kunni.
Hét yngva vinr         Ambrósíus,
en inn ágæti         ǫðru nafni
Merlínus sá         maðr kallaðisk.

Sá maðr vas einn, es kunni skynja myrkva frétt fyr skýrum skata. Vinr yngva hét Ambrósíus, en sá inn ágæti maðr kallaðisk ǫðru nafni Merlínus.

That man was [the] only [one], who could explain the obscure portent to the wise king. The friend of the king was called Ambrosius but that excellent man was known by another name, Merlin.

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