I austre sat gamle
i Jarnskoga
og fødde der
Fenres ungar.
Ein vert umfram
av alle desse
solar-tjuven
i trolle-ham.
Matar seg mett
på manna-lik,
um gude-gardar
gøyser han blod.
Svart vert solskin
sumrane etter,
vèret vålyndt.
[English translation:]
The giantess old in Ironwood sat,
In the east, and bore the brood of Fenrir;
Among these one in monster's guise
Was soon to steal the sun from the sky.
There feeds he full on the flesh of the dead,
And the home of the gods he reddens with gore;
Dark grows the sun, and in summer soon