Anon Krm 25VIII/10 — orð ‘words’
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi.
Hitt lægir mik jafnan,
at Baldrs föður bekki
búna veit ek at sumblum.
Drekkum bjór af bragði
ór bjúgviðum hausa;
sýtir ei drengr við dauða
dýrs at Fjölnis húsum.
Eigi kem ek með æðru
orð til Viðris hallar.
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi. Hitt lægir mik jafnan, at ek veit bekki föður Baldrs búna at sumblum. Drekkum bjór af bragði ór bjúgviðum hausa; drengr sýtir ei við dauða at húsum dýrs Fjölnis. Ek kem eigi með orð æðru til hallar Viðris.
We hewed with the sword. It always makes me laugh to know that the benches of the father of Baldr <god> [= Óðinn] are prepared for banquets. We’ll soon be drinking beer out of the curved trees of skulls [DRINKING HORNS]; a fellow does not regret death in the dwellings of glorious Fjǫlnir <= Óðinn> [= Valhǫll]. I do not come with words of fear to the hall of Viðrir <= Óðinn> [= Valhǫll].
readings
[10] orð til Viðris: ‘ord til vid[...]’ 147
notes
[9-10] með orð æðru ‘with words of fear’: The present ed. follows those previous eds who provide translations (Rafn 1826; CPB; Skj B) in understanding the phrase in this way, while noting that Wisén (1886-9, II, 341), glosses it as cum fama ignaviæ ‘with a reputation for cowardice’, and acknowledging this as a possible alternative; cf. Sigv Lv 17/3I, where æðruorð ‘talk of fear’ appears to mean ‘verbal imputation (accusation) of fear’.