-s, weave the web of death. the task, and hail the hands! ngs of joy and triumph sing! co the victorious bands; riumph to the younger King. tal, thou that hear'st the tale, ers, hence with spurs of speed: Each her thundering faulchion wield; h bestride her sable steed. Hurry, hurry to the field. ay ne ta o be found in Bartholinus, de causis contemnenda , 1689, Quarto. Upreis Odinn allda gautr, &c.] the King of Men with speed, strait his coal-black steed: wning steep he rode, › HELA's drear abode (e). g of Darkness spied [1]; hroat he open'd wide, his jaws, with carnage fill'd, uman gore distill'd: -) That leads to Hela's drear abode. hell of the Gothic nations, consisted of nine worlds, to ed all such as died of sickness, old age, or by any in battle. Over it presided Hela, the Goddess of gives this dog the name of Managarmar; he fed upon hat were to die. The groaning earth bene full before his fearles portals nine of Hell Right against the easte The dust of the prophet verse that Tfrom out the hollo owly breath'd a sulle Several Editions have it br eg, but of the ass, to bray. as a dog at a thief. groaning earth beneath him shakes,) ull before his fearless eyes portals nine of Hell arise. ght against the eastern gate, ice he trac'd the Runic rhyme; ice pronounc'd, in accents dread, thrilling verse that wakes the Dead; from out the hollow ground wly breath'd a sullen sound. Several Editions have it brays. It is not, however, the nature of Log, but of the ass, to bray. To bay is, according to Johnson, to as a dog at a thief. bev'rage of the in can reach the Sons ODIN. ler, to thee unknown, alls, a Warrior's Son. eeds of light shalt know; at is done below [2], find both from this Ode and the Edda, was solicitous his son Balder, who had dreamed that he was soon to mentions the manner of his death when killed by Odin's ; and also that Hoder was himself slain afterwards by din and Rinda, consonant with this prophecy. Women were looked upon Sogu, (apud Bartholin. li pure bev'rage of the bee; r's head to death is giv'n. can reach the Sons of Heav'n! illing I my lips unclose: e me, leave me to repose. ODIN. nce again my call obey [3]. hetess, arise, and say, Women were looked upon by the Gothic nations as having a peinsight into futurity; and some there were that made profession gic arts and divination. These travelled round the country, and received in every house with great respect and honour. Such a an bore the name of Volva Seidkona or Spakona. The dress of Diorga, one of these prophetesses, is described at large in Eirick's a Sogu, (apud Bartholin. lib. i. cap. iv. p. 688.) "She had on a e vest spangled all over with stones, a necklace of glass beads, and cap made of the skin of a black lamb lined with white cat-skin. e leaned on a staff adorned with brass, with a round head set with |