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The poetic Edda

Note 22 — Guthrun’s Inciting

Henry Adams Bellows translation

Words of the poet’s, like stanza 1, and perhaps constituting a later addition. Many editors assume the loss of a line after line 3. The meaning, of course, is that the poet hopes the story of Guthrun’s woes will make all other troubles seem light by comparison.

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