05
Apr
Song of Odin
- Veit ec at ec hecc vindga meiði a
- netr allar nío,
- geiri vndaþr oc gefinn Oðni,
- sialfr sialfom mer,
- a þeim meiþi, er mangi veit, hvers hann af rótom renn.
- Við hleifi mic seldo ne viþ hornigi,
- nysta ec niþr,
- nam ec vp rvnar,
- opandi nam,
- fell ec aptr þaðan. (click to play –>)
- I know that I hung on a windy tree
- nine long nights,
- Wounded with a spear, dedicated to Odin,
- myself to myself,
- on that tree of which no man knows
- from where its roots run.
- No bread did they give me nor a drink from a horn,
- downwards I peered;
- I took up the runes, screaming I took them,
- then I fell back from there.
- Fé vældr frænda róge;
- føðesk ulfr í skóge.
- Wealth is a source of discord amongst kin;
- the wolf lives in the forest.
- Fé er frænda róg
- ok flæðar viti
- ok grafseiðs gata
- aurum fylkir.
- Wealth is a source of discord amongst kin
- and fire of the sea
- and path of the serpent.
- Feoh byþ frofur fira gehwylcum;
- sceal ðeah manna gehwylc miclun hyt dælan
- gif he wile for drihtne domes hleotan.
- Wealth is a comfort to all;
- yet must everyone bestow it freely,
- if they wish to gain honour in the sight of the Divinity.
- Fehu — – wealth, luck, responsibility, creative energy; used to draw in energy for a given magickal operation, or as the moving force behind a working.
