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Old Norse
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An example of ljóðaháttr is the well-known phrase from the Hávamál:
Deyr fé
deyja frændr
deyr sjálfr et sama[1]
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Etymology
ljóða + háttr
Noun
ljóðaháttr m
- an Old Norse alliterative verse form used largely in the Eddas, consistenting of a repeating structure of two lines with two lifts and then one line with three lifts; the first two lines alliterate with each other, and the third alliterates internally
References
- ^ Larrington, Carolyne. (Trans.) (1999) The Poetic Edda, page 77. Oxford World's Classics →ISBN