StrangeLife
Eater of beef
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Oh, heavens. I just read it. There's an old translation in R. Buchanan, Ballad Stories of the Affections from the Scandinavian (ca. 1869), pp. 32-44. Find it at archive.org.
Wretched translation, but still:
In at the door Sir Ebbe stept,
His drawn sword at his side,
And there beside the bridal bed
He slew the bonnie bride!
Lit wouldn't allow a story that ended this way, right?
Are you kidding? This is prototype Loving Wives BTB. Except that the modern version would have Adelus kidnapped and sold to a Mexican brothel and the brother ruined financially and killed by unknowns in a dark alley.
In at the door Mr. Ebbe stept
Magnum 44 at his side....