Thruðheim Kindred Quotes Page - Voluspá

Valkyrie

• "The valkyries' flock - from afar she beholds,
  ready to ride - to the realm of men:
  Skuld held her shield, - Skogul likewise,
  Guth, Hild, Gondul, - and Geirskogul:
  for thus are hight - Herjan's maidens,
  ready to ride - o'er reddened battlefields." Voluspa 30

• "Brothers will battle - to bloody end,
  and sisters' sons - their sib betray;
  woe's in the world - much wantonness;
  axe-age, sword-age - sundered are shields,
  wind-age, wolf-age - ere the world crumbles;
  will the spear of no man - spare the other." Voluspa 44

• "I see green again - with growing things
  the earth arise - from out of the sea;
  fell torrents flow, - overflies them the eagle,
  on hoar highlands - which hunts for fish." Voluspa 58

• "I see a hall - than the sun more fair,
  thatched with red gold, - which is Gimlé hight.
  There will the Gods - all guiltless throne,
  and live forever - in ease and bliss." Voluspa 63