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.
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.
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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