Vukkeferd

Aust for elivaager Ved himmelens ende Dryg ble den hornfagre bukkeferd Til nihundre hoders hall Den isdryppende nettefrost seg paa Førhoder trillet Oksehorneces hugreistetun Falt tungt i den kolsvarte skog Bukkefyrstens agn var klar Bergtroll brulte, det braket i fjell Eldgammel jord sank ned Fra et skar mellom skogledde aeser Ble all aesakraft samlet For tiden var snau, furaustfra de kom Alle de trollende hoder Mannheims berger ormens bane Agnet kroken med oksehodet Mot agnet gapte guders fiende Bandet som ringer jorda [English translation:] Billy Goat's Journey29 East of Elivaager30 By the sky's end Long is growing the horn-fair billy goats journey31 To the hall of the one with nine hundred heads The ice-dripping night frost descended Before the heads rolled down The highest place of ox-horns Fell heavily in the coal-black wood The billy goats prince's32 bait was ready The mountain-troll screamed, the mountain roared Ancient earth sunk down In a cleft amid forest-clad hills All his aesir power33 he gathered up For the time was few, before they would come from east All the bewitching heads The defender of men the killer of the serpent34 Hooked the bait with the ox-head Against the bait gaped the enemy of the gods35 The band that encircles the earth