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Stanza 149

The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and Notes, 1923

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 149

1923
A third I know, if great is my needOf fetters to hold my foe;Blunt do I make mine enemy’s blade,Nor bites his sword or staff.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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