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Stanza 156

The Elder or Poetic Edda, 1908

Olive Bray · stanza 156

1908
Old Norse
Þat kannk et tolfta, ef sék á tré uppiváfa virgilná:svá ek ríst ok í rúnum fák,at sá gengr gumi
English translation
ok mǽlir viþ mik.A twelfth I know: if I see in a treea corpse from a halter hanging,such spells I write, and paint in runes,that the being descends and speaks.
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