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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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GunnLeif Merl I 14VIII/4 — fjalli ‘the mountain’

Gerðu greppar,         þats gumnum bauð;
varð vatni niðr         veitt ór fjalli.
Ok seimgefendr         snáka þekðu
tryggðarlausa,         sem Týr firum
hafði Hristar         hugspár sagat.

Greppar gerðu, þats bauð gumnum; varð vatni veitt niðr ór fjalli. Ok seimgefendr þekðu tryggðarlausa snáka, sem hugspár Týr Hristar hafði sagat firum.

Men did as he ordered them; the lake was drained down from the mountain. And the givers of treasure [GENEROUS MEN] could see the treacherous snakes, just as the prophetic-minded Týr <god> of Hrist <valkyrie> [WARRIOR = Merlin] had said to men.

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