Gudrun: A Mediaeval Epic

“Faith then they vowedFast, unyielding,There each to eachIn oaths binding.Bliss there was bornWhen Brynhild woke;Yet fate is strongTo find its end.””

— Unknown

“A tree there towere Tall and branching That house upholding The hall's wonder Its leaves their hangings Its limbs rafters Its mighty bole In the midst standing.””

— Unknown

“Gunnar:'Vile words to use,thou Valkyrie,thou slayer of men,and sword-hearted!"Brynhild:'If sword I had,I would slay thee now,for thy secret treason,for thy sundered oaths!””

— Unknown

“Tolkien`s translation of Voluspa The younger gods again shall meetin Idavellir’s pastures sweet,and tales shall tell of ancient doom,the Serpent and the fire and gloom,and that old king of Gods recallhis might and wisdom ere the fall.There marvellous shall again be foundcast in the grass upon the groundthe golden chess wherewith they playedwhen Ásgard long ago was made,when all their courts were filled with goldin the first merriment of old.A house I see that standeth therebright-builded, than the Sun more fair:o’er Gimlé shine its tiles of gold,its halls no grief nor evil hold,and there shall worthy men and truein living days delight pursue.Unsown shall fields of wheat grow whitewhen Baldur cometh after night;the ruined halls of Ódin’s host,the windy towers on heaven’s coast,shall golden be rebuilt again,all ills be healed in Baldur’s reign.””

— Unknown