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Stanza 2

The Elder or Poetic Edda, 1908

Olive Bray · stanza 2

1908
Old Norse
Gefendr heilir! gestr’s inn kominn;hvar skal sitja sjá?mjök es bráþr sás á bröndum skalsíns of freista frama.
English translation
Hail, ye givers! a guest is come;say! where shall he sit within?Much pressed is he who fain on the hearthwould seek for warmth and weal.
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