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The poetic Edda

Note 89 — The Greenland Ballad of Atli

Henry Adams Bellows translation

Many editions assume a gap of one line after line 3; Grundtvig adds: “Bit-champing horses | and wheel-wagons bright.” Line 4 may be spurious. Greater: i.e., the silver which Atli gave Guthrun was of greater value even than the honor of receiving such royal gifts.

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