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That king is born on a fortunate day, who gains to himself such favour from the gods. The age in which he hath lived shall ever be held in high remembrance.
The wolf Fenris[1], freed from his chains, shall range through the world among the sons of men, before so renowned and so good a king shall again tread the desolate path of his kingdom.
Riches perish: relations die: kingdoms are laid waste. Let Hacon dwell with the magnificent gods: While many nations are plunged in grief.
- ↑ By the wolf Fenris, the northern nations understood a kind of demon or evil principle at enmity with the gods, who, tho’ at present chained up from doing mischief, was hereafter to break loose and destroy the world. See the Edda.
