Sunday, June 17, 2018

Stanza 109



Original Old Norse: Auden & Taylor: Bellows: Bray:
Ins hindra dags
gengu hrímþursar
Háva ráðs at fregna
Háva höllu í
at Bölverki þeir spurðu
ef hann væri með böndum kominn
eða hefði honum Suttungr of sóit
The following day the Frost Giants came,
Walked into Har's hall To ask for Har's advice:
Had Bolverk they asked, come back to his friends,
Or had he been slain by Suttung?
The day that followed, | the frost-giants came,
Some word of Hor to win,
(And into the hall of Hor;)
Of Bolverk they asked, | were he back midst the gods,
Or had Suttung slain him there?
107.
Came forth, next day, the dread Frost Giants,
and entered the High One's Hall:
they asked -- was the Baleworker back mid the Powers,
or had Suttung slain him below?
Chisholm: Hollander: Terry: Thorpe:
The next day rime Thurses
strode out to ask rede
of Har in Har’s Hall,
asking about Bolverk, whether he was among the Gods
or had been slain by Suttung.
the day after, the etins fared
into Har's high hall,
to ask after Bolverk: whether the Æsir among,
Or whether by Suttung slain.
The next day the frost-giants found
the High One in his hall;
they asked if Odin were with the Æsir
or if Suttung had slain him.
110. On the day following
came the Hrim-thursar,
to learn something of the High One,
in the High One’s hall:
after Bölverk they inquired,
whether he with the gods were come,
or Suttung had destroyed him?





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