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Click to Expand/Collapse OptionPrologue
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Old Norse, ed. Faulkes, p. 8,1
Hér er þess dœmi at jǫrð er kǫlluð kona Óðins í skáldskap. Svá er
hér sagt at Eyvindr kvað:
(11) Hermóðr ok Bragi
(kvað Hroptatýr)
gangið í gǫgn grami
þvíat konungr ferr
sá er kappi þykkir
til hallar hinig.
English, tr. Brodeur, 1916, p. 99,1-100,1
Here is an example of this metaphor, that in poesy the earth is called the Wife of Odin. Here is told what Eyvindr sang:
Hermódr and Bragi,
Spake Hropta-Týr.
(100,1)Go ye to greet the Prince;
For a king who seemeth
A champion cometh
To the hall hither.
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