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Poetic Edda

With bast he bound,  and burdens carried,
Home bore faggots  the whole day long.

10.[1] One came to their home,  crooked her legs,
Stained were her feet,  and sunburned her arms,
Flat was her nose;  her name was Thir.

11. Soon in the midst  of the room she sat,
By her side there sat  the son of the house;
They whispered both,  and the bed made ready,
Thræll and Thir,  till the day was through.

12.[2] Children they had,  they lived and were happy,
Fjosnir and Klur  they were called, methinks,
Hreim and Kleggi,  Kefsir, Fulnir,
Drumb, Digraldi,  Drott and Leggjaldi,
Lut and Hosvir;  the house they cared for,
Ground they dunged,  and swine they guarded,
Goats they tended,  and turf they dug.

  1. ↑ A line may well have dropped out, but the manuscript is too uncertain as to the stanza-divisions to make any guess safe. Crooked: the word in the original is obscure. Stained: literally, "water was on her soles." Thir: "Serving-Woman."
  2. ↑ There is some confusion as to the arrangement of the lines and division into stanzas of 12 and 13. The names mean: Fjosnir, "Cattle-Man"; Klur, "The Coarse"; Hreim, "The Shouter"; Kleggi, "The Horse-Fly"; Kefsir, "Concubine-Keeper"; Fulnir, "The Stinking"; Drumb, "The Log"; Digraldi, "The Fat"; Drott, "The Sluggard", Leggjaldi, "The Big-Legged"; Lut, "The Bent"; Hosvir, "The Grey."

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