Stanza 97

Original Old Norse:	Auden & Taylor:	Bellows:	Bray:
Billings mey ek fann beðjum á sólhvíta sofa jarls ynði þótti mér ekki vera nema við þat lík at lifa	I saw on a bed Billing's daughter, Sun white, asleep: No greater delight I longed for then Than to lie in her lovely arms.	Billing's daughter | I found on her bed, In slumber bright as the sun; Empty appeared | an earl's estate Without that form so fair.	95. Billing's daughter I found on her bed, fairer than sunlight sleeping, and the sweets of lordship seemed to me nought, save I lived with that lovely form.
Chisholm:	Hollander:	Terry:	Thorpe:
Billing’s daughter I found on her bed. The sun-white maid slept and a Jarldom seemed nothing to me if I lived without her love.	Billing's daughter on her bed I found sleeping, the sun-bright maid; a king's crown I craved not to wear, if she let me have her love.	I saw Billing's daughter in her bed, a sun-bright maiden sleeping; then all the earth seemed empty of delight unless I could lie beside her.	Billing’s lass on her couch I found, sun-bright, sleeping. A prince’s joy to me seemed naught, if not with that form to live.
Bellow's Note: 96. Here begins the passage (stanzas 96-102) illustrating the falseness of woman by the story of Othin's unsuccessful love affair with Billing's daughter. Of this person we know nothing beyond what is here told, but the story needs little comment.