Fordi du ei kan böi̱e stolten Piges Si̱nd, etc.
In stanzas of eight lines.
In my translation I have adopted the ottava rima.
[80] Freya’s grief for the loss of Odur is related in the 15th Canto. Freya is often termed by the Scalds the “goddess of the golden tear.”
NOTES TO THE TWENTY-THIRD CANTO.
Specimen of the metre.
Nu i̱lte Ski̱rnir, hvad han kunde,
Ned ad den ski̱önne Regnbuerand,
Hen over Jordens dunkle Lunde,