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| Fe veldr frænda rógi; | Money cauſes kinsmen ſtrife; |
| fœðisk úlfr í skógi. | þe wolf is raiſd in þe foreſt. |
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| Ur es af illu járni; | Slag is from poor iron; |
| opt hleypr hreinn á hjarni. | þe reindeer often runs on þe hard frozen ſnow. |
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| Þurs veldr kvenna kvillu; | Þurs cauſes women torment; |
| kátr verðr fár af illu. | Þere is little joy in evil. |
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Oss es flestra ferða f r; | Oss is þe journey’s deſtination; |
| en skálpr er sverða. | þe ſword remains ſheaþt. |
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| Reið kveða hrossum versta; | Riding is ſaid to be worst for horſes; |
| Reginn sló sverðit bezta. | Reginn forged þe best ſwords. |
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| Kaun es beygja barna; | Kaun is a difficulty for children; |
| bl gørir mann flvan. | Miſfortune makes þe man pale. |
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| Hagall es kaldastr korna; | Hail is þe coldeſt ſeed; |
| Kristr skóp heim inn forna. | Krist creäted þe world in ancient times. |
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| Nauð gørir hneppa kosti; | Need makes for a ſcant bargain; |
| nøktan kelr í frosti. | þe naked freeze to deaþ in þe froſt. |
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| Ís kllum brú breiða; | Ice we call þe broad bridge; |
| blindan þarf at leiða. | þe blind require leading. |
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| Ár es gumna góði; | Harvest is man’s profit; |
| getk at rr vas Fróði. | I þink þat Froði was ready. |
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| Sól es landa ljómi; | Sun is the radiance of þe land; |
| lútik helgum dómi. | I bow to þe doom of þe holy ones. |
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| Týr es einhendr Ása; | Týr is þe one-handed god; |
| opt verðr smiðr at blása. | often þe ſmiþ is made to blow. |
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| Bjarkan’s laufgrœnstr líma; | Birch is þe greeneſt limb, |
| Loki bar flærðar tíma. | Loki brings deceitful times. |
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| Maðr es moldar auki, | Man is duſt’s increaſe, |
| mikil es greip á hauki. | Mighty is þe grip of þe hawk. |
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| Lgr’s, es fellr ór fjalli, foss; | Liquid is a force falling from mountains in waterfalls; |
| en gull eru hnossir. | but gold is a coſtly ornament. |
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| Ýr es vetrgrœnstr viða; | Yew is winter-greeneſt wood; |
| vant’s, es brennr, at svíða. | as expected, it burns to a criſp. |