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Poetic Edda
30. "The ship shall sail not in which thou sailest,
Though a favoring wind shall follow after;
The horse shall run not whereon thou ridest,
Though fain thou art thy foe to flee.
Though a favoring wind shall follow after;
The horse shall run not whereon thou ridest,
Though fain thou art thy foe to flee.
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"The sword shall bite not which thou bearest,
Till thy head itself it sings about.
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"The sword shall bite not which thou bearest,
Till thy head itself it sings about.
32. "Vengeance were mine for Helgi's murder,
Wert thou a wolf in the woods without,
Possessing nought and knowing no joy,
Having no food save corpses to feed on."
Wert thou a wolf in the woods without,
Possessing nought and knowing no joy,
Having no food save corpses to feed on."
Dag spake:
33. "Mad art thou, sister, and wild of mind,
Such a curse on thy brother to cast;
Othin is ruler of every ill,
Who sunders kin with runes of spite.
33. "Mad art thou, sister, and wild of mind,
Such a curse on thy brother to cast;
Othin is ruler of every ill,
Who sunders kin with runes of spite.
- ↑ No gap indicated in the manuscript, but most editors have assumed that either the first or the last two lines have been lost. Bugge adds a line: "The shield shall not help thee which thou holdest."
- ↑ Vandilsve ("Vandil's Shrine"): who Vandil was we do not
daughter of the sea-god Ægir; regarding her sacred stone we know nothing. According to the annotator, Dag's life had been spared because he swore loyalty to Helgi.
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