Freyr, sonr Niarðar, hafði setzk í Hliðskiálf ok sá um heima
alla.
Frey, son of Njord, had seated in Hlidskialf and looked into
worlds all.
Frey, son of Njord, had seated himself in Hlidskialf and looked
into all the worlds
Hann sá í Iötunheima, ok sá þar mey fagra, þá er hón
gekk frá skála föður síns til skemmo.
he looked into Giantland, and saw there girl beautiful, was as she
walking from hall father's her to the-storehouse.
He looked into Giantland and saw there a beautiful girl, as she was
walking from her father's hall to the storehouse.
Þar af fekk hann hugsóttir miklar
that from caught he heart-sickness great
From that he caught great sickness of heart.
*notes*
hugsteinn, m. the heart, (poet). Some ancients thought that the mind
resided in the heart. Thus, hugr, mind, hugrakkr, a. stout hearted,
hugrunar, mind runes.
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