| Ei likbør hadde han sett komma,
| He had seen a corpse,
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| Sigande frå Trodladalen opp Lundamyri,
| Telling from Trodladalen up Lundamyri,
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| Audmjuk han i akttok synet,
| Humble he heeded the sight,
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| Kven hadde dauden i teke,
| Who had the death in mind,
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| Med otta han keik i kista,
| With eight he keik in the coffin,
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| Børi hadde med seg,
| Børi had with him,
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| Daud, velstelt, Hvàllætti han var,
| Daud, well-groomed, Hvàllætti he was,
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| Etter dette han visste at Arntor aldri kom attende,
| After this he knew that Arntor never came eighteenth,
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| Ja, stolt han kunne møta dauden,
| Yes, proud he could face death,
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| Gått viljugt i strid for å sikra ætti grid,
| Went willingly to fight to secure the grid,
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| Gått mannadrap so ein krigar byrg,
| Gone was the murder of a warrior,
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| Nekta trelldom, svik, ofra liv i grid,
| Deny bondage, betrayal, sacrifice lives in the grid,
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| Men so hemn for oppreisa og slag,
| But seek revenge for rebellion and battle,
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| Ville svikarane setegarden ta,
| Would the traitors take the seat guard,
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| Ein gard so store at den på ein dag ikkje kunne gå,
| A farm so big that in one day it could not walk,
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| Tilmed heiden grunn garden er tufta på,
| Tilmed heiden grund garden is tufta på,
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| Ei nye ætt skulle setegarden rå,
| A new family should the seat guard raw,
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| Sette livet til for ætte og æra miste både setegarden og
| Setting life for the clan and era lose both the seat guard and
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| sæla,
| bliss,
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| Men då dauden var nær vart han heidra likferd,
| But when death was near, he was honored with mercy,
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| Ein tragedie for ætlingane dette var,
| A tragedy for the descendants this was,
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| Skulle dei verkeleg missa slik ein gard,
| Should they really miss such a farm,
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| Vreida hans Sverre ville ingen ende ta | Vreida hans Sverre would not end |