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THE SAXONS IN ENGLAND.
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sun and moon and earth will be destroyed, and the
ash Yggrdasil wither under the flames of Surtr.
|
Sol tekr sortna, |
Black wanes the sun, round the tree |
But the Gods will be found again in ISavelli ;
the earth will arise again from the ocean ; the sun
that perished will have left a yet more beauteous
daughter to perform her task ; the deities will re-
member their ancient power, and the secrets of the
great god ; the golden tablets will be found in the
grass ; Baldr, the slain god, will arise from the
tomb ; Havdr, that unconsciously slew him, will
return with him from the realms of Hel, the god-
dess of the dead. ViSarr and Vale, sons, or rather
new births of OJnnn ; Mode and Magne, sons of
Thorr, will survive the universal destruction ; All-
father’s glorious kingdom will be renewed, and the
power of death and evil vanish for ever.
Ser hon uppkoma
oδru sinni,
jor<5 or ægi
iðjagræna2.
Eina d<ittur
berr A'lfro<5ull
dβr hana Femir fari ;
Then sees she rise
a second time
the world from ocean
wondrous green.
One bright child shall
bear A'IfroSull,
ere her form doth
1 Vaulu Spa, st. 5β.
Ibid. st. 57.
СИ. хп.] HEATHENDOM.
su skal nSa,
pa er regin deyja,
moSur brautir ɪnær1.
Finnask JEsir
a ISavelli,
ok um mol(lρinur
matkan duema,
ok ɪninnask par
a megindoma,
ok a fimbultys
fornar runar.
j>ar ɪnunu eptir
Undrsamligar
gulluar toflur
ɪ grasi finnask,
pærs ɪ ardaga
attar hdfSu
folkvaldr goSa
ok Fjolnis kind.
Munu osanir
akrar vaxa,
bols mun alls batna,
Baldr mun koma ;
btɪɑ J>eir HoSr ok Baldr
Hropts sigt6ptir
vel valtivar2.
Sal sér hon standa
solu fegra,
gulli fakSan
a Gimli ;
CREATION, ETC. 411
Fenrir ruin ;
thus shall go,
when gods have perished,
the maiden on
her mother’s journey.
JEsir meet
in ISavelli,
doom with power
the great disasters,
there remember
mighty judgements,
and Fimbultyrs
former secrets.
After, shall be
all together
found in the grass
the golden tablets,
which in time past
possessed among them
gods that ruled
the race of Odin.
Then unsown
the swath shall flourish
all bale mend, and
back come Baldr :
with him HoSr dwell
in Hropter’s palace,
shrines of gods
the great and holy.
There sees she stand
than sunlight fairer,
Gimli’s hall
with gold all covered :
1 Wafprudnis Mal, st. 47. AlfroSul is a name of the Sun, and iβ
said to denote divine splendour. Edd. Lex. Myth, in voc.
2 Vaulu Spa, st. 57, 58, 59, 60.