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CHAP. XVI. HOW THE TWO FOES MET AND FOUGHT AT DINGNESS.

[Songs extracted from the prose narrative.]


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[“Grim and Olaf, great-hearts]

“Grim and Olaf, great-hearts
In Gondul's din, with thin sword
First did Gunnlaug fell there
Ere at Raven fared he;
Bold, with blood be-drifted
Bane of three the thane was;
War-lord of the wave-horse
Wrought for men folks' slaughter.”

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[“O thou sword-storm stirrer]

[Gunnlaug.]
“O thou sword-storm stirrer,
Raven, stem of battle
Famous, fared against me
Fiercely in the spear din.
Many a flight of metal
Was borne on me this morning,
By the spear-walls' builder,
Ring-bearer, on hard Dingness.”