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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Margerðr Lv 1VIII (HjǪ 20)/3 — festa ‘get’

Illa leikr þú, Ölvir,         eigi ertu hæfr vífum;
má eigi fang festa         á fylki velbornum.
Eggjar eru eitrblandnar,         æfr er döglingr,
oddar alblóðgir;         ei munu vér sigraz.

Þú leikr illa, Ölvir, ertu eigi hæfr vífum; má eigi festa fang á velbornum fylki. Eggjar eru eitrblandnar, döglingr er æfr, oddar alblóðgir; munu vér ei sigraz.

You play foul, Ǫlvir, you are not fit for women; one cannot get a hold on the well-born prince. Sword-edges are poisoned, the ruler is violent, points [are] all bloody; we will not gain victory.

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