Stanza 98

Original Old Norse:	Auden & Taylor:	Bellows:	Bray:
Auk nær apni skaltu Óðinn koma ef þú vilt þér mæla man alt eru ósköp nema einir viti slíkan löst saman	"Come" Odhinn, after nightfall If you wish for a meeting with me: All would be lost if anyone saw us And learned that we were lovers."	"Othin, again | at evening come, If a woman thou wouldst win; Evil it were | if others than we Should know of such a sin."	96. "Yet nearer evening come thou, Odin, if thou wilt woo a maiden: all were undone save two knew alone such a secret deed of shame."
Chisholm:	Hollander:	Terry:	Thorpe:
“Come back near evening Odin, if you would speak with me. It would be entirely unfitting unless only the two of us know of this deed.”	"At eventide shalt, Othin, come if thou wilt win me to wife: unmeet it were if more than we two know of this naughty thing"	"You must wait, Odin; when it grows dark, come back if you want to woo me. It would be unlucky if other eyes witnessed my weakness."	“Yet nearer eve must thou, Odin, come, if thou wilt talk the maiden over; all will be disastrous, unless we alone are privy to such misdeed.”
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.