Five Pieces of Runic Poetry


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FIVE PIECES

OF

RUNIC POETRY

Translated from the

ISLANDIC LANGUAGE.


ᛒᛂᚱ ᛂᚵ ᚮᚦᛁᚿᛋ ᛘᛁᚮᚦ.ᛋᚴᛆᛚ ᛘᛆᛂᚱᚦ ᚼᚢᛆᛏᛆ.ᚼᚢᚵᛆᛏ ᛘᛆᛂᛚᛂ ᛂᚵ ᚦᛆᛘ.Egill’s Ode. * * *ᚦᚱᛂᚴᚢᛘ ᛒᛁᚮᚱ ᛆᚦ ᛒᚱᛆᚵᚦᛂᚢᚱ ᛒᛁᚢᚴᚢᛁᚦᚢᛘ ᚼᛆᚢᛋᛆ.ᛚᛆᛁᚵᛁᛅᚾᚦᛂ ᛋᚴᛆᛚ ᛂᚵ ᚦᛂᛁᛆ.Regner’s Ode. 


———Populi, quos despicit Arctos,Felices errore suo, quos ille timorumMaximus haud urget leti metus: inde ruendiIn ferrum mens prona viris, animæque capacesMortis; et ignavum roditura parcere vitæ.Lucan. 


LONDON:

Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall.

MD CC LXIII.

​N. B. This little tract was drawn up for the press in the year 1761: but the publication has been delayed by an accident.

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