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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Halli XI Fl 5II/5 — siklingum ‘princes’

Ofreiði verðr jǫfra
allhætt, ef skal sættask;
menn, þeirs miðla kunnu,
môl ǫll vega í skôlum.
Dugir siklingum segja
slíkt allt, es her líkar;
veldr, ef verr skulu hauldar,
vili grandar því, skiljask.

Ofreiði jǫfra verðr allhætt, ef skal sættask; menn, þeirs kunnu miðla, vega ǫll môl í skôlum. Dugir segja siklingum allt slíkt, es líkar her; vili grandar veldr því, ef hauldar skulu skiljask verr.

The excessive anger of the kings becomes most dangerous, if there must be a settlement; men, who know how to mediate, weigh all the issues in the balance. It is good to tell princes all such things as please the people; an inclination to evil-doing causes it if the freeholders must part on worse terms.

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[5] siklingum: siglingum 39

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