Freyr kvað:
Frey said:
 
 
Hví um segiak þér,
Why should I tell you,
 
seggr enn ungi,
young man,
 
mikinn móðtrega?
about my great sorrow of heart,
 
þvíat   álfröðull   lýsir um alla daga
For the-elf-rays(sun) shines  all  day,
 
ok þeygi at mínom munom.
but  brings no joy to me.
 
 
 
*notes*
enn, , adv. yet, still, with a comp. still, better,
seggr  .pl. -ir, gen. -ja, m.  poet. man.
trega,, irreg. v. to grieve, fjöld er þat, er fira tregr, many are the woes of man.
þvi (prop. dat. from þat ) adv. therefore af þvi , therefore. þvi at eins, only on that condition.
alfraoðull, I think that this is a kenning for sun.
þeygi, conj. yet not.
muna (að), v. impers.  desire, joy, like munafullr, a. delightful
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