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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Krm 29VIII/6 — drekka ‘drink’

Fýsumz hins at hætta.
Heim bjóða mér dísir,
þær er frá Herjans höllu
hefr Óðinn mér sendar.
Glaðr skal ek öl með ásum
í öndvegi drekka;
lífs eru liðnar vánir;
læjandi skal ek deyja.

Fýsumz hins at hætta. Dísir bjóða mér heim, þær er Óðinn hefr sendar mér frá höllu Herjans. Glaðr skal ek drekka öl með ásum í öndvegi; vánir lífs eru liðnar; læjandi skal ek deyja.

I wish to make an end. Dísir <minor female deities> are welcoming me home, the ones Óðinn has sent me from the hall of Herjan <= Óðinn [= Valhǫll]. I shall gladly drink ale with the gods in the high seat; hopes of life are past; I’ll die laughing.

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