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Tefldu í túni<br />
teitir váru<br />
var þeim vettergis<br />
vant úr gulli<br />
unz þríár kvámu<br />
þursameyjar<br />
ámáttkar mjök<br />
úr Jötunheimum<br />
Völuspá st. 8<br />
On peaceful plains<br />
they played with tablets<br />
games <strong>of</strong> gods<br />
gold was plenty<br />
till three came<br />
towering maidens<br />
mighty women<br />
from the mountains.<br />
After this stanza, there comes the story <strong>of</strong> how the dwarfs were first created <strong>and</strong><br />
then a long list <strong>of</strong> their names, put into nine stanzas 59 . It seems that the dwarfs were<br />
created before humans. <strong>The</strong>y came alive in the body <strong>of</strong> Ymir, i.e. the earth (Snorra Edda,<br />
Gylfaginning, ch.14) <strong>and</strong> then the dwarfs started molding humans from this same earth<br />
(Völuspá, st. 10). Those seem to have been without real life. When we get to the next<br />
stanza we have different versions in the Codex Regius <strong>and</strong> Hauksbók manuscripts, <strong>and</strong><br />
still another in the printed version <strong>of</strong> the text, which the scholars <strong>of</strong> our time have taken<br />
the liberty to “correct”.<br />
Unz þrír komu<br />
úr því liði<br />
öflgir og ástkir<br />
Æsir að húsi,<br />
fundu á l<strong>and</strong>i<br />
lítt meg<strong>and</strong>i<br />
Ask og Emblu<br />
örlöglausa.<br />
Völuspá, st. 17<br />
Corrected<br />
Till three came<br />
from that team<br />
strong <strong>and</strong> loving<br />
Æsir to a house,<br />
saw on the shore<br />
short <strong>of</strong> life force<br />
Askur <strong>and</strong> Embla<br />
lacking örlög.<br />
Unz þríar komu<br />
úr því liði þussa meyjar<br />
ástkir og öflgir<br />
Æsir að húsi,<br />
fundu á l<strong>and</strong>i<br />
lítt meg<strong>and</strong>i<br />
Ask og Emblu<br />
örlöglausa.<br />
Völuspá,<br />
Hauksbók<br />
Original<br />
Till three came<br />
from the group <strong>of</strong><br />
giant maidens<br />
adoring <strong>and</strong> able<br />
Æsir to a house,<br />
saw on the shore<br />
short <strong>of</strong> life force<br />
Askur <strong>and</strong> Embla<br />
lacking örlög.<br />
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