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Sigrdrifumol

On the wolf's claws bared,  and the eagle's beak,On bloody wings,  and bridge's end,On freeing hands  and helping foot-prints.
17.[1] On glass and on gold,  and on goodly charms,In wine and in beer,  and on well-loved seats,On Gungnir's point,  and on Grani's breast,On the nails of Norns,  and the night-owl's beak.
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18.[2] Shaved off were the runes  that of old were written, And mixed with the holy mead, And sent on ways so wide;So the gods had them,  so the elves got them, And some for the Wanes so wise, And some for mortal men.
19.[3] Beech-runes are there,  birth-runes are there, And all the runes of ale,
  1. ↑ Charms: the wearing of amulets was very common. Gungnir: Othin's spear, made by the dwarfs, which he occasionally lent to heroes to whom he granted victory. Grani: Sigurth's horse; the Volsungasaga has "giantesses'."
  2. ↑ Stanzas 18-19, which editors have freely rearranged, apparently come from another source than any of the rest. Shaved off: the runes were shaved off by Othin from the wood on which they were carved, and the shavings bearing them were put into the magic mead. Wanes: cf. Voluspo, 21, note.
  3. ↑ Lines 3, 6, and 7 look like spurious additions, but the whole stanza is chaotic. Beech-runes: runes carved on beech-trees.

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