--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Patricia" <originalpatricia@...>
wrote:

> Hrafn flýgr austan

af hám meiði,

> The Raven flies from the East for to do harm

You're possibly thinking of 'mein' "harm". 'meiðr' is a poetic
synonym for "tree", see Zoega 'meiðr' (3). He quotes another
bloodthirsty poem there: 'hrafn sat á hám meiði'.

'hám' is masc.dat.sg. of 'hár' "high".