The Poetic Edda on Isung

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• attestation: The stanza describes death or destruction involving Isung.

  "21. "Fear him not, | though Isung he felled, First must our courage | keen be tried, Before unwilling | thou fare with the knave; Weapons will clash, | if to death I come not.""

• attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Isung.

  "21. "Fear him not, | though Isung he felled, First must our courage | keen be tried, Before unwilling | thou fare with the knave; Weapons will clash, | if to death I come not.""