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<p align="left" style="margin-left: 140px;"><font size="4">The Norwegian Rune Poem</font><br></br><br></br>Here you have both alliterative Fornyrðislag meter,…</p>
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<p align="left" style="margin-left: 140px;"><font size="4">The Norwegian Rune Poem</font><br/><br/>Here you have both alliterative Fornyrðislag meter, <i>and</i> end rhyme.</p>
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<p align="left" style="margin-left: 140px;">Fé vældr frænda róge; <br/>fðesk ulfr í skóge.<br/><br/>Úr er af illu jarne; <br/>opt lypr ræinn á hjarne.<br/><br/>Þurs vældr kvinna kvillu; <br/>kátr værðr fár af illu.<br/><br/>Óss er flæstra færða för; <br/>en skalpr er sværða.<br/><br/>Ræið kveða rossom væsta; <br/>Reginn sló sværðet bæzta.<br/><br/>Kaun er barna bölvan; <br/>böl görver nán fölvan.<br/><br/>Hagall er kaldastr korna; <br/>Kristr skóp hæimenn forna.<br/><br/>Nauðr gerer næppa koste; <br/>nöktan kælr í froste.<br/><br/>Ís köllum brú bræiða; <br/>blindan þarf at læiða.<br/><br/>Ár er gumna góðe; <br/>get ek at örr var Fróðe.<br/><br/>Sól er landa ljóme; <br/>lúti ek helgum dóme.<br/><br/>Týr er æinendr ása; <br/>opt værðr smiðr blása.<br/><br/>Bjarkan er laufgroenstr líma; <br/>Loki bar flærða tíma.<br/><br/>Maðr er moldar auki; <br/>mikil er græip á hauki.<br/><br/>Lögr er, fællr ór fjalle foss; <br/>en gull ero nosser.<br/><br/>Ýr er vetrgroenstr viða; <br/>vænt er, er brennr, at sviða.<br/><br/><font size="4">Translation: <a name="transl" id="transl"></a></font><br/><br/>Wealth is a source of discord among kinsmen; <br/>the wolf lives in the forest.<br/><br/>Dross comes from bad iron; <br/>the reindeer often races over the frozen snow.<br/><br/>Giant causes anguish to women;<br/>misfortune makes few men cheerful.<br/><br/>Estuary is the way of most journeys; <br/>but a scabbard is of swords.<br/><br/>Riding is said to be the hardest for horses; <br/>Reginn forged the finest sword.<br/><br/>Ulcer is fatal to children; <br/>death makes a corpse pale.<br/><br/>Hail is the coldest of grain; <br/>Christ created the world of old.<br/><br/>Need gives scant choice; <br/>a naked man is chilled by the frost.<br/><br/>Ice we call the broad bridge; <br/>the blind man must be led.<br/><br/>Harvest is a boon to men; <br/>I say that Froði was generous.<br/><br/>Sun is the light of the world; <br/>I bow to the divine decree.<br/><br/>Týr is a one-handed God; <br/>often has the smith to blow.<br/><br/>Birch has the greenest leaves of any shrub; <br/>Loki was fortunate in his deceit.<br/><br/>Man is an augmentation of the dust; <br/>great is the talon-span of the hawk.<br/><br/>Waterfall is a River falling from a mountain; <br/>but ornaments are of gold.<br/><br/>Yew is the greenest of trees in winter; <br/>it is wont to crackle when it burns. </p>