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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Sól 61VII/2 — ala ‘nourish’

Menn sá ek þá,        er mjök ala
        öfund um annars hagi;
blóðgar rúnir        váru á brjósti þeim
        merkðar meinliga.

Ek sá menn þá, er mjök ala öfund um hagi annars; blóðgar rúnir váru merkðar meinliga á brjósti þeim.

I saw men then who greatly nourish envy of another’s affairs; bloody runes were painfully marked on their breasts [lit. breast].

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[2] ala: so papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, ala corrected from ‘hafa ala’ 166bˣ

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