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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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GunnLeif Merl I 22VIII/5 — Láð ‘The land’

‘Es harmr mikill         hǫlðum at segja;
segik sigr hafa         snák inn hvíta.
Láð mun leggjask         ok lýða fjǫlð;
munu dreyrgar ár         ór dǫlum falla.

‘Mikill harmr es at segja hǫlðum; segik inn hvíta snák hafa sigr. Láð mun leggjask ok fjǫlð lýða; dreyrgar ár munu falla ór dǫlum.

‘A great sorrow is to be told to men; I say the white snake has the victory. The land and the multitude of people will be subjugated; blood-stained rivers will fall from the valleys.

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