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Poetic Edda

149. A third I know,  if great is my need Of fetters to hold my foe;Blunt do I make  mine enemy's blade, Nor bites his sword or staff.
150. A fourth I know,  if men shall fasten Bonds on my bended legs;So great is the charm  that forth I may go, The fetters spring from my feet, Broken the bonds from my hands.
151. A fifth I know,  if I see from afar An arrow fly 'gainst the folk;It flies not so swift  that I stop it not, If ever my eyes behold it.
152.[1] A sixth I know,  if harm one seeks With a sapling's roots to send me;The hero himself  who wreaks his hate Shall taste the ill ere I.
153. A seventh I know,  if I see in flames The hall o'er my comrades' heads;It burns not so wide  that I will not quench it, I know that song to sing.

    Second, etc., appear in the manuscript as Roman numerals. The manuscript indicates no gap after line 2.

  1. ↑ The sending of a root with runes written thereon was an excellent way of causing death. So died the Icelandic hero Grettir the Strong.

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