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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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GunnLeif Merl I 82VIII/4 — stýris ‘of the ruler’

‘Falla ór orða         almærri vǫk
dynjandi ár         dróttar stýris.
Þær munu dǫggva         dýrar jarðir
geðs í glæstum         gollorheimi
ok þurrar kverkr         þjóðar margrar.

‘Dynjandi ár falla ór almærri vǫk orða stýris dróttar. Þær munu dǫggva dýrar jarðir geðs í glæstum gollorheimi ok þurrar kverkr margrar þjóðar.

‘Resounding rivers will fall from the much-famed gap of words [MOUTH] of the ruler of the entourage [PRINCE]. They will spread dew on the beloved lands of the mind [HEARTS] in the splendid home of the pericardium [BREAST] and on the dry throats of many a people.

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