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FIVE PIECES

OF

RUNIC POETRY

Translated from the

ISLANDIC LANGUAGE.


ᛒᛂᚱ ᛂᚵ ᚮᚦᛁᚿᛋ ᛘᛁᚮᚦ.
ᛋᚴᛆᛚ ᛘᛆᛂᚱᚦ ᚼᚢᛆᛏᛆ.
ᚼᚢᚵᛆᛏ ᛘᛆᛂᛚᛂ ᛂᚵ ᚦᛆᛘ.
Egill’s Ode. 
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ᚦᚱᛂᚴᚢᛘ ᛒᛁᚮᚱ ᛆᚦ ᛒᚱᛆᚵᚦᛂ
ᚢᚱ ᛒᛁᚢᚴᚢᛁᚦᚢᛘ ᚼᛆᚢᛋᛆ.
ᛚᛆᛁᚵᛁᛅᚾᚦᛂ ᛋᚴᛆᛚ ᛂᚵ ᚦᛂᛁᛆ.
Regner’s Ode. 


———Populi, quos despicit Arctos,
Felices errore suo, quos ille timorum
Maximus haud urget leti metus: inde ruendi
In ferrum mens prona viris, animæque capaces
Mortis; et ignavum roditura parcere vitæ.
Lucan. 


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