‘Hvat es þat drauma *, es ek hugðumk fyr dag lítlu
Valhǫll ryðja fyr vegnu folki?
Vakða ek einherja, bað ek upp rísa
bekki at stráa, borðker at leyðra,
valkyrjur vín bera, sem vísi komi.
‘Hvat es þat drauma *, es ek hugðumk lítlu fyr dag ryðja Valhǫll fyr vegnu folki? Vakða ek einherja, bað ek rísa upp at stráa bekki, at leyðra borðker, valkyrjur bera vín, sem vísi komi.
‘What kind of dream is this, that I thought that a little before daybreak I was preparing Valhǫll for a slain army? I awakened the einherjar, I asked them to get up to strew the benches, to rinse the drinking cups, [I asked] valkyries to bring wine, as if a leader should come.
[1, 2] drauma * es ek: drauma kvað Óðinn er ek 761bˣ, FskAˣ, 52ˣ, 301ˣ, drauma Óðinn ek R, drauma er ek Óðinn Tˣ, drauma kvað Óðinn ek W, drauma Óðinn er ek U, ‘deoma err’ B
[1] hvat es þat drauma * ‘what kind of dream is this’: The speaker is Óðinn. The phrase identifying him as such in the mss, however, is extrametrical and is omitted here; see Introduction to the poem.