Bibliotheca Polyglotta

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Winter

Hvernig skal kenna vetr? Svá at kalla hann son Vindsvals ok bana orma, hríðmál.

XXIX. “How should winter be periphrased? Thus: call it Son of Vindsvalr, Destruction of Serpents, Tempest Season.

Svá kvað Ormr Steinþórsson:
(138) Ræð ek þenna mǫg manni
Vindsvals unað blindum.

Thus sang Ormr Steinthórsson:
To the blind man I proffer
This blessing: Vindsvalr’s Son.

Svá kvað Ásgrímr:
(139) Sigrgœðir var síðan
seimǫrr í Þrándheimi
— þjóð veit þínar íðir —
þann orms trega — sannar.

Thus sang Ásgrímr:
The warlike Spoil-Bestower,
Lavish of Wealth, that winter--
Snake’s-Woe--in Thrándheim tarried;
The folk knew thy true actions.

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