Runic Poems

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Old Norwegian

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Úr er af illu jarne;
opt løypr ræinn á hjarne.

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Dross comes from bad iron;
the reindeer often races over the frozen snow.

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Old Icelandic

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Úr er skýja grátr
ok skára þverrir
ok hirðis hatr.
umbre vísi

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Rain is lamentation of the clouds
and ruin of the hay-harvest
and abomination of the shepherd.

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Anglo-Saxon

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Ur byþ anmod ond oferhyrned,
felafrecne deor, feohteþ mid hornum
mære morstapa; þæt is modig wuht

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The aurochs is proud and has great horns;
it is a very savage beast and fights with its horns;
a great ranger of the moors, it is a creature of mettle.