Trinity Journal of Literary Translation
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trans. Gerard Hynes
Weland knew torment by the serpent,
he had sorrow and longing for his company,
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the steadfast man suffered hardship; winter-cold misery, often found woe
since Niðhad had laid fetters on him
supple sinew-bonds on the better man. That passed away, so may this.
For Beadohild her brothers’ deaths
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she understood all too well
hurt her less than her own heartbreak; that she grew great with child. She could not think with boldness what must be done with that. That passed away, so may this.
Many of us have heard of Mæðhild,
the sorrowful love that reft her of sleep.
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how Geat’s love became bottomless, That passed away, so may this.
Þeodric held for thirty winters
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That passed away, so may this.
the Mærings’ fort known to many.