Stanza 101

Original Old Norse:	Auden & Taylor:	Bellows:	Bray:
Ok nær morni er ek var enn um kominn þá var saldrótt um sofin grey eitt ek þá fann innar góðu konu bundit beðjum á	Towards daybreak back I came The guards were sound asleep: I found then that the fair woman Had tied a bitch to her bed.	At morning then, | when once more I came, And all were sleeping still, A dog found | in the fair one's place, Bound there upon her bed.	99. Yet nearer morning I went, once more, -- the housefolk slept in the hall, but soon I found a barking dog tied fast to that fair maid's couch
Chisholm:	Hollander:	Terry:	Thorpe:
Near morning I went in again when the folk were asleep. But I found a bitch bound to the fair maid’s bed.	Near morn when I once more did come, The folks were sound asleep; But a bitch found I the fair one had Bound fast on her bed!	When the sun rose and I returned, not a soul was stirring; I saw only the bitch that sweet woman had bound to the bed.	But at the approach of morn, when again I came, The household all was sleeping; The good damsel's dog alone I found tied to the bed.
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.