Grímnismál

Old Norse

Normalized Old Norse · Guðni Jónsson edition · Source ↗

Hrauðungr konungr átti tvá sonu. Hét annarr Agnarr, en annarr Geirröðr. Agnarr var tíu vetra, en Geirröðr átta vetra. Þeir reru tveir á báti með dorgar sínar at smáfiski. Vindr rak þá í haf út. Í náttmyrkri brutu þeir við land ok gengu upp, fundu kotbónda einn. Þar váru þeir um vetrinn. Kerling fóstraði Agnar, en karl fóstraði Geirröð ok kenndi honum ráð. At vári fekk karl þeim skip.

En er þau kerling leiddu þá til strandar, þá mælti karl einmæli við Geirröð.

Þeir fengu byr ok kómu til stöðva föður síns. Geirröðr var fram í skipi. Hann hljóp upp á land, en hratt út skipinu ok mælti: "Farðu nú, þar er smyl hafi þik."

Skipit rak í haf út, en Geirröðr gekk upp til bæjar. Honum var þar vel fagnat, en faðir hans þá andaðr. Var þá Geirröðr til konungs tekinn ok varð maðr ágætr.

Óðinn ok Frigg sátu í Hliðskjálfu ok sáu um heima alla. Óðinn mælti: "Sér þú Agnar, fóstra þinn, hvar hann elr börn við gýgi í hellinum, en Geirröðr, fóstri minn, er konungr ok sitr nú at landi?"

Frigg segir: "Hann er matníðingr sá, at hann kvelr gesti sína, ef honum þykkja of margir koma."

Óðinn segir, at þat er in mesta lygi. Þau veðja um þetta mál. Frigg sendi eskimey sína Fullu til Geirröðar. Hon bað konung varast, at eigi fyrirgerði honum fjölkunnigr maðr, sá er þar var kominn í land, ok sagði þat mark á, at engi hundr var svá ólmr, at á hann mundi hlaupa.

En þat var inn mesti hégómi, at Geirröðr konungr væri eigi matgóðr, ok þó lætr hann handtaka þann mann, er eigi vildu hundar á ráða. Sá var í feldi blám ok nefndist Grímnir og sagði ekki fleira frá sér, þótt hann væri at spurðr. Konungr lét hann pína til sagna ok setja milli elda tveggja, ok sat hann þar átta nætr.

Geirröðr konungr átti þá son tíu vetra gamlan, ok hét Agnarr eftir bróður hans. Agnarr gekk at Grímni ok gaf honum horn fullt at drekka ok sagði, at faðir hans gerði illa, er hann píndi þenna mann saklausan. Grímnir drakk af. Þá var eldrinn svá kominn, at feldrinn brann af Grímni. Hann kvað:

Stanza 1Heitr ertu, hripuðr, ok heldr til mikill; göngumk firr, funi! loði sviðnar, þótt ek á loft berak; brennumk feldr fyr.

Stanza 2Átta nætr sat ek milli elda hér, svá at mér manngi mat né bauð nema einn Agnarr, er einn skal ráða, Geirröðar sonr, Gotna landi.

Stanza 3Heill skaltu, Agnarr, alls þik heilan biðr Veratýr vera; eins drykkjar þú skalt aldrigi betri gjöld geta.

Stanza 4Land er heilagt, er ek liggja sé ásum ok alfum nær; en í Þrúðheimi skal Þórr vera unz of rjúfask regin.

Stanza 5Ýdalir heita, þar er Ullr hefir sér of görva sali; Alfheim Frey gáfu í árdaga tívar at tannféi.

Stanza 6Bær er sá inn þriði, er blíð regin silfri þökðu sali; Valaskjalf heitir, er vélti sér áss í árdaga.

Stanza 7Sökkvabekkr heitir inn fjórði, en þar svalar knegu unnir yfir glymja; þar þau Óðinn ok Sága drekka um alla daga glöð ór gullnum kerum.

Stanza 8Glaðsheimr heitir inn fimmti, þars in gullbjarta Valhöll víð of þrumir; en þar Hroftr kýss hverjan dag vápndauða vera.

Stanza 9Mjök er auðkennt, þeim er til Óðins koma salkynni at séa; sköftum er rann reft, skjöldum er salr þakiðr, brynjum um bekki strát.

Stanza 10Mjök er auðkennt, þeir er til Óðins koma salkynni at séa: vargr hangir fyr vestan dyrr, ok drúpir örn yfir.

Stanza 11Þrymheimr heitir inn sétti, er Þjazi bjó, sá inn ámáttki jötunn; en nú Skaði byggvir, skír brúðr goða, fornar tóftir föður.

Stanza 12Breiðablik eru in sjaundu, en þar Baldr hefir sér of gerva sali, á því landi, er ek liggja veit fæsta feiknstafi.

Stanza 13Himinbjörg eru in áttu, en þar Heimdall kveða valda véum; þar vörðr goða drekkr í væru ranni glaðr inn góða mjöð.

Stanza 14Fólkvangr er inn níundi, en þar Freyja ræðr sessa kostum í sal; halfan val hon kýss hverjan dag, en halfan Óðinn á.

Stanza 15Glitnir er inn tíundi, hann er gulli studdr ok silfri þakðr it sama; en þar Forseti byggir flestan dag ok svæfir allar sakir.

Stanza 16Nóatún eru in elliftu, en þar Njörðr hefir, sér of görva sali; manna þengill inn meins vani hátimbruðum hörgi ræðr.

Stanza 17Hrísi vex ok háu grasi Víðars land viði; en þar mögr of læzt af mars baki frækn at hefna föður.

Stanza 18Andhrímnir lætr í Eldhrímni Sæhrímni soðinn, fleska bezt; en þat fáir vitu, við hvat einherjar alask.

Stanza 19Gera ok Freka seðr gunntamiðr hróðigr Herjaföður; en við vín eitt vápngöfugr Óðinn æ lifir.

Stanza 20Huginn ok Muninn fljúga hverjan dag Jörmungrund yfir; óumk ek of Hugin, at hann aftr né komi-t, þó sjámk meir of Munin.

Stanza 21Þýtr Þund, unir Þjóðvitnis fiskr flóði í; árstraumr þykkir ofmikill Valglaumni at vaða.

Stanza 22Valgrind heitir, er stendr velli á heilög fyr helgum dyrum; forn er sú grind, en þat fáir vitu, hvé hon er í lás of lokin.

Stanza 23Fimm hundruð dura ok umb fjórum tögum, svá hygg ek á Valhöllu vera; átta hundruð Einherja ganga senn ór einum durum, þá er þeir fara við vitni at vega.

Stanza 24Fimm hundruð golfa ok umb fjórum tögum, svá hygg ek Bilskirrni með bugum; ranna þeira, er ek reft vita, míns veit ek mest magar.

Stanza 25Heiðrún heitir geit, er stendr höllu á ok bítr af Læraðs limum; skapker fylla hon skal ins skíra mjaðar; kná-at sú veig vanask.

Stanza 26Eikþyrnir heitir hjörtr, er stendr höllu á ok bítr af Læraðs limum; en af hans hornum drýpr í Hvergelmi, þaðan eigu vötn öll vega.

Stanza 27Síð ok Víð, Sækin ok Eikin, Svöl ok Gunnþró, Fjörm ok Fimbulþul, Rín ok Rennandi, Gipul ok Göpul, Gömul ok Geirvimul, þær hverfa um hodd goða, Þyn ok Vín, Þöll ok Höll, Gráð ok Gunnþorin.

Stanza 28Vína heitir ein, önnur Vegsvinn, þriðja Þjóðnuma, Nyt ok Nöt, Nönn ok Hrönn, Slíð ok Hríð, Sylgr ok Ylgr, Víð ok Ván, Vönd ok Strönd, Gjöll ok Leiftr, þær falla gumnum nær, er falla til Heljar heðan.

Stanza 29Körmt ok Örmt ok Kerlaugar tvær, þær skal Þórr vaða dag hvern, er hann dæma ferr at aski Yggdrasils, því at ásbrú brenn öll loga, heilög vötn hlóa.

Stanza 30Glaðr ok Gyllir, Glær ok Skeiðbrimir, Silfrintoppr ok Sinir, Gísl ok Falhófnir, Gulltoppr ok Léttfeti, þeim ríða æsir jóm dag hvern, er þeir dæma fara at aski Yggdrasils.

Stanza 31Þríar rætr standa á þría vega undan aski Yggdrasils; Hel býr und einni, annarri hrímþursar, þriðju mennskir menn.

Stanza 32Ratatoskr heitir íkorni, er renna skal at aski Yggdrasils, arnar orð hann skal ofan bera ok segja Niðhöggvi niðr.

Stanza 33Hirtir eru ok fjórir, þeirs af hæfingar gaghalsir gnaga: Dáinn ok Dvalinn, Duneyrr ok Duraþrór.

Stanza 34Ormar fleiri liggja und aski Yggdrasils, en þat of hyggi hverr ósviðra apa: Góinn ok Móinn, þeir ro Grafvitnis synir, Grábakr ok Grafvölluðr, Ófnir ok Sváfnir, hygg ek, at æ skyli meiðs kvistu má.

Stanza 35Askr Yggdrasils drýgir erfiði meira en menn um viti: hjörtr bítr ofan, en á hliðu fúnar, skerðir Niðhöggr neðan.

Stanza 36Hrist ok Mist vil ek, at mér horn beri, Skeggjöld ok Skögul, Hildr ok Þrúðr, Hlökk ok Herfjötur, Göll ok Geirönul, Randgríðr ok Ráðgríðr ok Reginleif, þær bera Einherjum öl.

Stanza 37Árvakr ok Alsviðr þeir skulu upp heðan svangir sól draga; en und þeira bógum fálu blíð regin, æsir, ísarnkol.

Stanza 38Svalinn heitir, hann stendr sólu fyrir, skjöldr, skínanda goði; björg ok brim, ek veit, at brenna skulu, ef hann fellr í frá.

Stanza 39Sköll heitir ulfr, er fylgir inu skírleita goði til varna viðar, en annarr Hati, hann er Hróðvitnis sonr, sá skal fyr heiða brúði himins.

Stanza 40Ór Ymis holdi var jörð of sköpuð, en ór sveita sær, björg ór beinum, baðmr ór hári, en ór hausi himinn.

Stanza 41En ór hans brám gerðu blíð regin Miðgarð manna sonum, en ór hans heila váru þau in harðmóðgu ský öll of sköpuð.

Stanza 42Ullar hylli hefr ok allra goða hverr er tekr fyrstr á funa, því at opnir heimar verða of ása sonum, þá er hefja af hvera.

Stanza 43Ívalda synir gengu í árdaga Skíðblaðni at skapa, skipa bezt, skírum Frey, nýtum Njarðar bur.

Stanza 44Askr Yggdrasils, hann er æðstr viða, en Skíðblaðnir skipa, Óðinn ása, en jóa Sleipnir, Bilröst brúa, en Bragi skalda, Hábrók hauka, en hunda Garmr.

Stanza 45Svipum hef ek nú yppt fyr sigtíva sonum, við þat skal vilbjörg vaka; öllum ásum þat skal inn koma Ægis bekki á, Ægis drekku at.

Stanza 46Hétumk Grímr, hétumk Gangleri, Herjann ok Hjalmberi, Þekkr ok Þriði, Þundr ok Uðr, Herblindi ok Hár.

Stanza 47Saðr ok Svipall ok Sanngetall, Herteitr ok Hnikarr, Bileygr, Báleygr, Bölverkr, Fjölnir, Grímr ok Grímnir, Glapsviðr ok Fjölsviðr;

Stanza 48Síðhöttr, Síðskeggr, Sigföðr, Hnikuðr, Alföðr, Valföðr, Atríðr ok Farmatýr; einu nafni hétumk aldregi, síz ek með folkum fór.

Stanza 49Grímni mik hétu at Geirröðar, en Jalk at Ásmundar, en þá Kjalar, er ek kjálka dró, Þrór þingum at, Viðurr at vígum, Óski ok Ómi, Jafnhár ok Biflindi, Göndlir ok Hárbarðr með goðum.

Stanza 50Sviðurr ok Sviðrir er ek hét at Sökkmímis, ok dulðak þann inn aldna jötun, þá er ek Miðvitnis vark ins mæra burar orðinn einbani.

Stanza 51Ölr ertu, Geirröðr, hefr þú ofdrukkit; miklu ertu hnugginn, er þú ert mínu gengi, öllum Einherjum ok Óðins hylli.

Stanza 52Fjölð ek þér sagðak, en þú fátt of mant; of þik véla vinir; mæki liggja ek sé míns vinar allan í dreyra drifinn.

Stanza 53Eggmóðan val nú mun Yggr hafa, þitt veit ek líf of liðit; úfar ro dísir, nú knáttu Óðin sjá, nálgasktu mik, ef þú megir.

Stanza 54Óðinn ek nú heiti, Yggr ek áðan hét, hétumk Þundr fyr þat, Vakr ok Skilfingr, Váfuðr ok Hroftatýr, Gautr ok Jalkr með goðum, Ófnir ok Sváfnir, er ek hygg, at orðnir sé allir af einum mér.

Geirröðr konungr sat ok hafði sverð um kné sér ok brugðit til miðs. En er hann heyrði, at Óðinn var þar kominn, þá stóð hann upp ok vildi taka Óðin frá eldinum. Sverðit slapp ór hendi honum, ok vissu hjöltin niðr. Konungr drap fæti ok steypðist áfram, en sverðit stóð í gögnum hann, ok fekk hann bana. Óðinn hvarf þá, en Agnarr var þar konungr lengi síðan.

English translation

Henry Adams Bellows · First published 1923 · Source & commentary ↗

King Hrauthung had two sons: one was called Agnar, and the other Geirröth. Agnar was ten winters old, and Geirröth eight. Once they both rowed in a boat with their fishing-gear to catch little fish; and the wind drove them out into the sea. In the darkness of the night they were wrecked on the shore; and going up, they found a poor peasant, with whom they stayed through the winter. The housewife took care of Agnar, and the peasant cared for Geirröth, and taught him wisdom. In the spring the peasant gave him a boat; and when the couple led them to the shore, the peasant spoke secretly with Geirröth. They had a fair wind, and came to their father's landing-place. Geirröth was forward in the boat; he leaped up on land, but pushed out the boat and said, "Go thou now where evil may have thee!" The boat drifted out to sea. Geirröth, however, went up to the house, and was well received, but his father was dead.

Then Geirröth was made king, and became a renowned man.

Othin and Frigg sat in Hlithskjolf and looked over all the worlds. Othin said: "Seest thou Agnar, thy foster ling, how he begets children with a giantess in the cave? But Geirröth, my fosterling, is a king, and now rules over his land." Frigg said: "He is so miserly that he tortures his guests if he thinks that too many of them come to him." Othin replied that this was the greatest of lies; and they made a wager about this matter. Frigg sent her maid-servant, Fulla, to Geirröth.

She bade the king beware lest a magician who was come thither to his land should bewitch him, and told this sign concerning him, that no dog was so fierce as to leap at him. Now it was a very great slander that King Geirröth was not hospitable; but nevertheless he had them take the man whom the dogs would not attack. He wore a dark-blue mantle and called himself Grimnir, but said no more about himself, though he was questioned. The king had him tortured to make him speak, and set him between two fires, and he sat there eight nights. King Geirröth had a son ten winters old, and called Agnar after his father's brother. Agnar went to Grimnir, and gave him a full horn to drink from, and said that the king did ill in letting him be tormented with out cause. Grimnir drank from the horn; the fire had come so near that the mantle burned on Grimnir's back. He spake:

Stanza 1Hot art thou, fire! | too fierce by far; Get ye now gone, ye flames! The mantle is burnt, | though I bear it aloft, And the fire scorches the fur.

Stanza 2'Twixt the fires now | eight nights have I sat, And no man brought meat to me, Save Agnar alone, | and alone shall rule Geirröth's son o'er the Goths.

Stanza 3Hail to thee, Agnar! | for hailed thou art By the voice of Veratyr; For a single drink | shalt thou never receive A greater gift as reward.

Stanza 4The land is holy | that lies hard by The gods and the elves together; And Thor shall ever | in Thruthheim dwell, Till the gods to destruction go.

Stanza 5Ydalir call they | the place where Ull A hall for himself hath set; And Alfheim the gods | to Freyr once gave As a tooth-gift in ancient times.

Stanza 6A third home is there, | with silver thatched By the hands of the gracious gods: Valaskjolf is it, | in days of old Set by a god for himself.

Stanza 7Sökkvabekk is the fourth, | where cool waves flow, And amid their murmur it stands; There daily do Othin | and Saga drink In gladness from cups of gold.

Stanza 8The fifth is Glathsheim, | and gold-bright there Stands Valhall stretching wide; And there does Othin | each day choose The men who have fallen in fight.

Stanza 9Easy is it to know | for him who to Othin Comes and beholds the hall; Its rafters are spears, | with shields is it roofed, On its benches are breastplates strewn.

Stanza 10Easy is it to know | for him who to Othin Comes and beholds the hall; There hangs a wolf | by the western door, And o'er it an eagle hovers.

Stanza 11The sixth is Thrymheim, | where Thjazi dwelt, The giant of marvelous might; Now Skathi abides, | the god's fair bride, In the home that her father had.

Stanza 12The seventh is Breithablik; | Baldr has there For himself a dwelling set, In the land I know | that lies so fair, And from evil fate is free.

Stanza 13Himinbjorg is the eighth, | and Heimdall there O'er men holds sway, it is said; In his well-built house | does the warder of heaven The good mead gladly drink.

Stanza 14The ninth is Folkvang, | where Freyja decrees Who shall have seats in the hall; The half of the dead | each day does she choose, And half does Othin have.

Stanza 15The tenth is Glitnir; | its pillars are gold, And its roof with silver is set; There most of his days | does Forseti dwell, And sets all strife at end.

Stanza 16The eleventh is Noatun; | there has Njorth For himself a dwelling set; The sinless ruler | of men there sits In his temple timbered high.

Stanza 17Filled with growing trees | and high-standing grass Is Vithi, Vithar's land; But there did the son | from his steed leap down, When his father he fain would avenge.

Stanza 18In Eldhrimnir | Andhrimnir cooks Sæhrimnir's seething flesh,-- The best of food, | but few men know On what fare the warriors feast.

Stanza 19Freki and Geri | does Heerfather feed, The far-famed fighter of old: But on wine alone | does the weapon-decked god, Othin, forever live.

Stanza 20O'er Mithgarth Hugin | and Munin both Each day set forth to fly; For Hugin I fear | lest he come not home, But for Munin my care is more.

Stanza 21Loud roars Thund, | and Thjothvitnir's fish joyously fares in the flood; Hard does it seem | to the host of the slain To wade the torrent wild.

Stanza 22There Valgrind stands, | the sacred gate, And behind are the holy doors; Old is the gate, | but few there are Who can tell how it tightly is locked.

Stanza 23Five hundred doors | and forty there are, I ween, in Valhall's walls; Eight hundred fighters | through one door fare When to war with the wolf they go.

Stanza 24Five hundred rooms | and forty there are I ween, in Bilskirnir built; Of all the homes | whose roofs I beheld, My son's the greatest meseemed.

Stanza 25Heithrun is the goat | who stands by Heerfather's hall, And the branches of Lærath she bites; The pitcher she fills | with the fair, clear mead, Ne'er fails the foaming drink.

Stanza 26Eikthyrnir is the hart | who stands by Heerfather's hall And the branches of Lærath he bites; From his horns a stream | into Hvergelmir drops, Thence all the rivers run.

Stanza 27Sith and Vith, | Sækin and Ækin, Svol and Fimbulthul, | Gunnthro, and Fjorm, Rin and Rinnandi, Gipul and Gopul, | Gomul and Geirvimul, That flow through the fields of the gods; Thyn and Vin, | Thol and Hol, Groth and Gunnthorin.

Stanza 28Vino is one, | Vegsvin another, And Thjothnuma a third; Nyt and Not, | Non and Hron, Slith and Hrith, | Sylg and Ylg, Vith and Von, | Vond and Strond, Gjol and Leipt, | that go among men, And hence they fall to Hel.

Stanza 29Kormt and Ormt | and the Kerlaugs twain Shall Thor each day wade through, (When dooms to give | he forth shall go To the ash-tree Yggdrasil;) For heaven's bridge | burns all in flame, And the sacred waters seethe.

Stanza 30Glath and Gyllir, | Gler and Skeithbrimir, Silfrintopp and Sinir, Gisl and Falhofnir, | Golltopp and Lettfeti, On these steeds the gods shall go When dooms to give | each day they ride To the ash-tree Yggdrasil.

Stanza 31Three roots there are | that three ways run 'Neath the ash-tree Yggdrasil; 'Neath the first lives Hel, | 'neath the second the frost-giants, 'Neath the last are the lands of men.

Stanza 32Ratatosk is the squirrel | who there shall run On the ash-tree Yggdrasil; From above the words | of the eagle he bears, And tells them to Nithhogg beneath.

Stanza 33Four harts there are, | that the highest twigs Nibble with necks bent back; Dain and Dvalin, | . . . . . . Duneyr and Dyrathror.

Stanza 34More serpents there are | beneath the ash Than an unwise ape would think; Goin and Moin, | Grafvitnir's sons, Grabak and Grafvolluth, Ofnir and Svafnir | shall ever, methinks, Gnaw at the twigs of the tree.

Stanza 35Yggdrasil's ash | great evil suffers, Far more than men do know; The hart bites its top, | its trunk is rotting, And Nithhogg gnaws beneath.

Stanza 36Hrist and Mist | bring the horn at my will, Skeggjold and Skogul; Hild and Thruth, | Hlok and Herfjotur, Gol and Geironul, Randgrith and Rathgrith | and Reginleif Beer to the warriors bring.

Stanza 37Arvak and Alsvith | up shall drag Weary the weight of the sun; But an iron cool | have the kindly gods Of yore set under their yokes.

Stanza 38In front of the sun | does Svalin stand, The shield for the shining god; Mountains and sea | would be set in flames If it fell from before the sun.

Stanza 39Skoll is the wolf | that to Ironwood Follows the glittering god, And the son of Hrothvitnir, | Hati, awaits The burning bride of heaven.

Stanza 40Out of Ymir's flesh | was fashioned the earth, And the ocean out of his blood; Of his bones the hills, | of his hair the trees, Of his skull the heavens high.

Stanza 41Mithgarth the gods | from his eyebrows made, And set for the sons of men; And out of his brain | the baleful clouds They made to move on high.

Stanza 42His the favor of Ull | and of all the gods Who first in the flames will reach; For the house can be seen | by the sons of the gods If the kettle aside were cast.

Stanza 43In days of old | did Ivaldi's sons Skithblathnir fashion fair, The best of ships | for the bright god Freyr, The noble son of Njorth.

Stanza 44The best of trees | must Yggdrasil be, Skithblathnir best of boats; Of all the gods | is Othin the greatest, And Sleipnir the best of steeds; Bifrost of bridges, | Bragi of skalds, Hobrok of hawks, | and Garm of hounds.

Stanza 45To the race of the gods | my face have I raised, And the wished-for aid have I waked; For to all the gods | has the message gone That sit in Ægir's seats, That drink within Ægir's doors.

Stanza 46Grim is my name, | Gangleri am 1, Herjan and Hjalmberi, Thekk and Thrithi, | Thuth and Uth, Helblindi and Hor;

Stanza 47Sath and Svipal | and Sanngetal, Herteit and Hnikar, Bileyg, Baleyg, | Bolverk, Fjolnir, Grim and Grimnir, | Glapsvith, Fjolsvith.

Stanza 48Sithhott, Sithskegg, | Sigfather, Hnikuth, Allfather, Valfather, | Atrith, Farmatyr: A single name | have I never had Since first among men I fared.

Stanza 49Grimnir they call me | in Geirröth's hall, With Asmund Jalk am I; Kjalar I was | when I went in a sledge, At the council Thror am I called, As Vithur I fare to the fight; Oski, Biflindi, | Jafnhor and Omi, Gondlir and Harbarth midst gods.

Stanza 50I deceived the giant | Sokkmimir old As Svithur and Svithrir of yore; Of Mithvitnir's son | the slayer I was When the famed one found his doom.

Stanza 51Drunk art thou, Geirröth, | too much didst thou drink, . . . . . . . . . . Much hast thou lost, | for help no more From me or my heroes thou hast.

Stanza 52Small heed didst thou take | to all that I told, And false were the words of thy friends; For now the sword | of my friend I see, That waits all wet with blood.

Stanza 53Thy sword-pierced body | shall Ygg have soon, For thy life is ended at last; The maids are hostile; | now Othin behold! Now come to me if thou canst!

Stanza 54Now am I Othin, | Ygg was I once, Ere that did they call me Thund; Vak and Skilfing, | Vofuth and Hroptatyr, Gaut and Jalk midst the gods; Ofnir and Svafnir, | and all, methinks, Are names for none but me.

King Geirröth sat and had his sword on his knee, half drawn from its sheath. But when he heard that Othin was come thither, then he rose up and sought to take Othin from the fire. The sword slipped from his hand, and fell with the hilt down. The king stumbled and fell forward, and the sword pierced him through, and slew him. Then Othin vanished, but Agnar long ruled there as king.