Runic Poems

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Old Norwegian

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Ræið kveða rossom væsta;
Reginn sló sværðet bæzta.

Riding is said to be the worst thing for horses;
Reginn forged the finest sword.

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Old Icelandic

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Reið er sitjandi sæla
ok snúðig ferð
ok jórs erfiði.
iter ræsir.

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Riding is of sitting a blessing
and swift journey
and horses toiling

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Anglo-Saxon

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Rad byþ on recyde rinca gehwylcum
sefte ond swiþhwæt, ðamðe sitteþ on ufan
meare mægenheardum ofer milpaþas.

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Riding seems easy to every warrior while he is indoors
and very courageous to him who traverses the high-roads
on the back of a stout horse.