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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Gestumbl Heiðr 35VIII (Heiðr 82)/6 — hyggðu ‘think’

Sat ek á segli,         sá ek dauða menn
blóðshol* bera         í börk viðar.
Heiðrekr konungr,         hyggðu at gátu.

Ek sat á segli, ek sá dauða menn bera blóðshol* í börk viðar. Heiðrekr konungr, hyggðu at gátu.

I sat on a sail, I saw dead men carry a blood vessel into the bark of a tree. King Heiðrekr, think about the riddle.

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[5-6] abbrev. as ‘heidr k:’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘hc K:’ 597bˣ

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