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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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GunnLeif Merl II 65VIII/6 — eigi ‘do not ’

Skrjúpt es líf         lýða barna
und hreggská         heiðar tjaldi.
En lífs lau*n         líða eigi
góð eða ill         gumna mengis.

Skrjúpt es líf barna lýða und hreggská tjaldi heiðar. En lau*n lífs mengis gumna, góð eða ill, líða eigi.

Brittle is the life of the children of men [MANKIND] under the storm-worn awning of heaven [SKY/HEAVEN]. But the rewards, good or evil, of the life of the multitude of men [MANKIND] do not pass away.

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