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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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GunnLeif Merl I 10VIII/1 — valda ‘cause’

Þat kvað valda         verdags hǫtuðr,
at þar undir vas         ólítit vatn.
Bauð grund grafa         gumna stjóri;
reynisk spaklig         spámanns saga.

Hǫtuðr verdags kvað þat valda, at ólítit vatn vas þar undir. Stjóri gumna bauð grafa grund; saga spámanns reynisk spaklig.

The hater of the sea-day [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN = Merlin] said the cause was that a not small lake lay underneath. The commander of men [RULER = Vortigern] ordered the ground to be dug up; the prophet’s account turns out to be percipient.

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