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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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GunnLeif Merl II 7VIII/1 — Illr ‘bad’

Illr es annarr;         allir svelta,
þeirs af bekki         bergja drekku.
Þós inn þriðja         þyngst at reyna;
deyja þeir allir,         es þar drekka af;
né hræ guma         hyljask foldu.

‘Annarr es illr; allir svelta, þeirs bergja drekku af bekki. Þós inn þriðja þyngst at reyna; allir deyja, þeir es þar drekka af; né hyljask hræ guma foldu.

‘The second is bad; all those who taste a drink from the stream will die. Yet the third is most grievous to try; all those who drink from it will die; nor will men’s corpses be covered with earth.

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