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The poetic Edda

Note 39 — The First Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane

Henry Adams Bellows translation

Varin’s isle: cf. stanza 27 and note, and Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar, 22. Reproaching a man with having been a woman and borne children was not uncommon.

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