THE INTERLINEAR POETIC EDDA
by William P. Reaves

© 2014
 
Alvíssmál
All-wise's speech 		 

26
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Alvíss kvað:
All-wise said:
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[It is] called fire among men
   Eldr heitir með mönnum
  fire called
gave name to		 with, among, between, amidst men, humans
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26/2
but among the gods flame.
   en  með ásum funi
  but with, among, between, amidst  the Æsir gods flame
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26/3
The Vanir say wave,
  kalla  vág vanir  
  to say, call a wave, sea the Vanir gods  
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26/4
the giants greedy,
  frekan jötnar    
  greedy giants    
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  frekr jötunn    



26/5
but the dwarves burner;
  en forbrenni dvergar  
  but burner dwarves  
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26/6
in Hel [they] say the swift.
  kalla í helju  hröðuð
  to say, call in Hel, the abode of the dead the swift
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Alvis said:

[It is] called fire among men,
but among the gods flame.
The Vanir say wave,
the giants greedy,
but the dwarves burner;
in Hel [they] say the swift.
  

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