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Fe veldr frænda rogi;
fœðisk ulfr i skogi.
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Fee causes kinsmen contention;
grows up the wolf in the forest.
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Ur es af illu jarni;
opt hleypr hreinn a hjarni.
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Slag is from poor iron;
often runs reindeer on hard frost.
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Þurs veldr kvenna kvillu;
katr verðr far af illu.
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Thurse causes women sickness;
cheerfulness happens little from difficulty.
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Oss es flestra ferða för;
en skalpr er sverðr.
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Oss is most journeys’ dealings;
but sheath is the sword’s.
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Reið kveða hrossum versta;
Reginn slo sverðit bezta.
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Riding is said for horses worst;
Reginn forged of swords the best.
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Kaun es beygja barna;
böl gørir mann fölvan.
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Sore is curse of children;
sorrow makes man pale.
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Hagall es kaldastr korna;
Kristr skop heim inn forna.
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Hail is the coldest grain;
krist fashioned the world in ancient times.
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Nauð gørir hneppa kosti;
nøktan kelr i frosti.
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Need makes for scant choices;
naked ones freeze in frost.
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Is köllum bru breiða;
blindan þarf at leiða.
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Ice all call the bridge broad;
the blind require leading.
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Ar es gumna goði;
getk at örr vas Froði.
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Harvest is man’s profit;
I think open-handed was Froði.
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Sol es landa ljomi;
lutik helgum domi.
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Sol is radiance of lands;
I bow to holiness’ doom.
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Tyr es einhendr Asa;
opt verðr smiðr at blasa.
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Tyr is the one-handed Aesir;
often happens the smith must blow.
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Bjarkan’s laufgrœnstr lima;
Loki far flærðar tima.
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Birch is with leafy, greenest limbs;
Loki bore deceit’s luck.
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Maðr es moldar auki,
mikil es greip a hauki.
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Man is dust’s increase,
Mighty is the hold of the hawk.
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Lögr’s es fellr or fjalli, foss;
en gull eru hnossir.
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Water is, falling from mountains, force;
but gold a costly ornament.
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Yr es vetrgrœnstr viða;
vant’s, es brennr, at sviða.
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Yew is winter-greenest wood;
expected, when burning, singeing.
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