Five Pieces of Runic Poetry

FIVE PIECES

OF

RUNIC POETRY

Translated from the

ISLANDIC LANGUAGE.

ᛒᛂᚱ ᛂᚵ ᚮᚦᛁᚿᛋ ᛘᛁᚮᚦ.ᛋᚴᛆᛚ ᛘᛆᛂᚱᚦ ᚼᚢᛆᛏᛆ.ᚼᚢᚵᛆᛏ ᛘᛆᛂᛚᛂ ᛂᚵ ᚦᛆᛘ.Egill’s Ode. * * *ᚦᚱᛂᚴᚢᛘ ᛒᛁᚮᚱ ᛆᚦ ᛒᚱᛆᚵᚦᛂᚢᚱ ᛒᛁᚢᚴᚢᛁᚦᚢᛘ ᚼᛆᚢᛋᛆ.ᛚᛆᛁᚵᛁᛅᚾᚦᛂ ᛋᚴᛆᛚ ᛂᚵ ᚦᛂᛁᛆ.Regner’s Ode. 

———Populi, quos despicit Arctos,Felices errore suo, quos ille timorumMaximus haud urget leti metus: inde ruendiIn ferrum mens prona viris, animæque capacesMortis; et ignavum roditura parcere vitæ.Lucan. 

LONDON:

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MD CC LXIII.

N. B. This little tract was drawn up for the press in the year 1761: but the publication has been delayed by an accident.

Chapters (not listed in original)

• Preface
• Errata
• Five Pieces
  1. Incantation of Hervor
  2. Dying Ode of Regner Lodbrog
  3. Ransome of Egill the Scald
  4. Funeral Song of Hacon
  5. Complaint of Harold
• The Islandic Originals of the Preceding Poems
• Addition to Pages 9, 10