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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Gestumbl Heiðr 36VIII (Heiðr 83)/5 — at ‘about’

Hverjar eru þeir tveir,         er tíu hafa fætr,
        augu þrjú, ok einn hala?
Heiðrekr konungr,         hyggðu at gátu

Hverjar eru þeir tveir, er hafa tíu fætr, þrjú augu, ok einn hala? Heiðrekr konungr, hyggðu at gátu.

Who are those two, who have ten feet, three eyes, and one tail? King Heiðrekr, think about the riddle.

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[4-5] abbrev. as ‘h’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘h K:’ 597bˣ

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