Norupo [English translation]

Wealth cause dispute among friends;

the wolf lives in the forest

Slag comes from bad iron

the reindeer often races over the frozen snow.

Giant causes women's sorrow;

few are cheerful from misfortune

River mouth is way of most journeys;

but the sheath is the one of swords

Riding, one says, is for horses the worst;

Regin forged the best sword

Ulcer is fatal for children;

death makes man pale

Hail is the coldest of grain;

Herjan shaped the world in olden times

Need leaves you little choice;

the naked freeze in the frost

[MALE VOICE]

Ice we call the broad bridge;

the blind man must be led

Good year is a blessing for men;

I say that Frodi was generous

Sun is light of the land

I bow before the holy

Tyr is one-handed among the Æsir;

often the smith must blow

[MALE VOICE]

Birch is the limb greenest with leaves;

Loki brought success of deceit

Man is increase of soil;

mighty is the hawk's claw

Water is what falls from the mountain;

but of gold are the jewels

Yew is the greenest tree in winter;

it often singes when it burns