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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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KrákÁsl Lv 10VIII (Ragn 31)/8 — allvaldr ‘The mighty’

Höfðum lét of hrundit
hundmörgum gramr undir,
at feigum börlka
fingi eldr yfir syngja.
Hvat skyli beð enn betra
böðheggr und sik leggja?
Olli d*ýrr við orðstír
allvaldr jö*furs falli.

Gramr lét hundmörgum höfðum of hrundit undir, at eldr fingi syngja yfir feigum börlka. Hvat skyli böðheggr leggja und sik enn betra beð? D*ýrr allvaldr olli falli jö*furs við orðstír.

The leader allowed a great many heads to be thrust under him, so that fire would have a chance to sing over the doomed tree of battles [WARRIOR]. How could a battle-tree [WARRIOR] place beneath himself an even better bed? The mighty ruler caused a prince’s death with renown.

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