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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