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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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GunnLeif Merl II 16VIII/1 — Kambría ‘Cambria’

‘“Kom Kambría         með Kornbretum,
seg Vintóni:         ‘Vǫllr þik gleypir.
Fœr hirðis sjǫt         hinig, es leggja
lung at láði;         munu liðir allir
hǫfði fylgja;         þats hjǫlp guma.’

‘“Kom Kambría með Kornbretum, seg Vintóni: ‘Vǫllr gleypir þik. Fœr sjǫt hirðis hinig, es lung leggja at láði; allir liðir munu fylgja hǫfði; þats hjǫlp guma.’

‘“Come Cambria, along with the Cornish Britons, say to Winchester: ‘The plain will swallow you up. Move the shepherd’s settlement here, where ships make for the land; all limbs will follow the head; that is the salvation of men.’

readings

[1] Kambría: cimbria corrected from cambría during the process of refreshing Hb

notes

[1] Kambría ‘Cambria’: Refreshed as ‘cimbria’, and reported thus in Bret 1848-9 and Skj A, but the a is visible beneath the refreshing.

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