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Latest revision as of 10:54, 13 December 2010
- Follow this skald in oath,
- Blood given, to my firelit halls
- In Wastekeep, by the great coiled serpent
- Flowing ever to Ran’s nets.
- With old tales my house is painted.
- There I say the Valkyrs will follow,
- And ravens, even victorious Odin
- On the blood of holy Baldur.
- Free handed am I,
- Of Sif’s firm-grown tresses,
- Ice of the Hoar-Frost,
- Otter-gild and Kvasir’s blood.
- The Norn’s draft I offer,
- At the gnarled roots of Yggdrasil,
- Where the Nidhogg gnaws
- And the Hanged-God drank.
- Split the waves with me,
- ‘Neath Ymir’s skull where the land
- Of Godwin’s second son lies ripe,
- Dipped in colored stars of stone.
- The slain shall lay there sand-strewing,
- Spoil for the Single-Eyed
- Dweller in Frigg’s bosom;
- In such deeds we will rejoice.
- I Styrkarr Jarlskald,
- The silver wyvern on ermine,
- Son of the Fair Hair, he of the Brown Wolf,
- Himself of Dyon the Firstborn, do bind this oath.
- And to Styrkarr, the Jarl’s skald,
- He who sates the ravens
- With the gore of hosts
- This oath is given.
- Horn-bearer I shall be
- Shielding the brilliant star
- And pups of the white fox
- Heirs of the mighty house.
- Our gulls-wake shield-sails shall
- Take the sternest crashing storm wind
- Of the Valkyrs, where hail of bow-strings
- Drives, and the sword blades hammer.
- The dance of Odin’s ringing fire,
- The heft of the Troll-woman,
- In my hands the angry serpent.
- Learn I where warriors in strife meet.
- Gleefully we join the spear-storm
- With heroes, where the eagles
- Scream at the din of Skogul
- And Odin’s maids reap the slain.
- Our saga the thrice-won quest
- To the links of Freyja’s tears.
- Together weighty our deeds
- Worthy fame’s mead.
- I Halla Hrafnsdottir,
- The sable panthers on silver,
- Beloved of the son of Brant,
- Bind me to Styrkarr on blooded belt.