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The poetic Edda

Note 25 — The First Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane

Henry Adams Bellows translation

Tronueyr: “Crane-Strand.” Long-stemmed: literally “long-headed,” as the high, curving stem of a Norse ship was often carved to represent a head and neck. Orvasund: almost certainly the Danish Öresund, off Seeland. Such bits of geography as this followed Helgi persistently.

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