“The Hildr of battle stands every morning under a red shield; now the victory-maidens have established hard sword-play for the Danes. You have to fight with a sword, like everyone; Óðinn, the hard father of Baldr, wishes to choose the wretched, dark slain.”
~Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa
Painting: Walkürenritt by Adolf Münzer, 1897.
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“Hildr stendr hverjan myrgin
hjaldrs und rauðum skildi;
nú hafa sigrmeyjar settan
sverðleik Dǫnum harðan.
Eiguð víga vægi
vill Baldrs faðir illan
Óðinn harðr sem allir
óljósan val kjósa.”