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What was the Viking language?


 * __Viking language__ || __The letter in English__ ||
 * **...liðu meir at þat mánuðr níu.**
 * Jóð ól Edda jósu vatni,**


 * hörvi svartan, hétu Þræl.**


 * Hann nam at vaxa ok vel dafna;**


 * var þar á höndum hrokkit skinn,**


 * kropnir knúar [-- -- -- -- -- --]**


 * fingr digrir, fúlligt andlit,**


 * lútr hryggr, langir hælar.**
 * Nam han meir at þat megins of kosta,**


 * bast at binda, byrðar gerva,**


 * bar hann heim at þat hrís gerstan dag.**


 * Þar kom at garði gengilbeina**


 * aurr var á iljum, armr sólbrunninn,**


 * [-- -- -- -- -- -- --]**


 * niðrbjúgt var nef, nefndisk Þír.**
 * Miðra fletja meir settisk hón,**


 * sat hjá henni sonr húss,**


 * ræddu ok rýndu, rekkju gerðu**


 * Þræll ok Þír þrungin dægr.**
 * Börn ólu þau, - bjuggu ok unðu, -**


 * hygg ek at héti Hreimr ok Fjósnir,**


 * Klúrr ok Kleggi, Kefsir, Fúlnir,**


 * Drumbr, Digraldi, Dröttr ok Hösvir.**


 * Lútr ok Leggjaldi, lögðu garða,**


 * akra töddu, unnu at svínum,**


 * geita gættu, grófu torf.**
 * Dætr váru þær Drumba ok Kumba,**


 * Ökkvinkalfa ok Arinnefja,**


 * Ysja ok Ambátt, Eikintjasna,**


 * Tötrughypja ok Trönubeina.**


 * þaðan eru komnar þræla ættir.** || **Moons full nine meanwhile went by.**
 * Gave Edda birth to a boy child then,**


 * in clouts she swathed the swarthy-skinned one.**


 * Thrall they called him, and cast on him water.**
 * Dark was his hair and dull his eyes.**


 * On his hand the skin was scraggy and wrinkled,**


 * nasty his nails, his knuckles gnarled,**


 * his fingers thick, his face ugly,**


 * his back hulky, his heels were long.**
 * He got his growth and gained in strength,**


 * at times he undertook to try his thews:**


 * to bind broad ropes, burdens to pack,**


 * to lug logs homeward all day long.**
 * Came to his cottage a crook-legged wench**


 * her soles were dirty and sunburnt her arms,**


 * her nose hooked downwards, and her name was Þír (Drudge).**


 * On middle seat she sate her down,**


 * by her side did sit the son of the house;**


 * whispered and laughed and lay together**


 * Thrall and Þír whole days through.**
 * In their hut, happy, they had a brood:**


 * I ween they were hight Hay-Giver, Howler,**


 * Bastard, Sluggard, Bent-Back and Paunch,**


 * Stumpy, Stinker, Stableboy, Swarthy,**


 * Longshanks and Lout: they laid fences,**


 * put dung on fields, fattened the swine,**


 * herded the goats, and grubbed up peat.**
 * Their daughters were Drudge and Daggle-Tail,**


 * Slattern, Serving-Maid, and Cinder-Wench,**


 * Stout-Leg, Shorty, Stumpy and Dumpy,**


 * Spinkleshanks eke, and Sputterer:**


 * thence are sprung the breed of thralls** ||