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Book Meme

  • Sep. 24th, 2008 at 5:21 PM
Hammer
This one has come 'round again from [info]ste_mairet... *smiles*

If you wanna do it, feel free. But you don't have to. ;)

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next seven sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
6. Tag five other people to do the same.


"Folkvang the ninth, where Freya chooses
who seats shall have in her hall:
half the slain are hers each day,
and half are Othin's own.

Glitnir the tenth, which with gold is propped
and is shingled with shining silver;
there Forseti unflagging sits,
the god that stills all strife.

Noatun the eleventh, where Njorth hath him
reared his bright abode;
the sinless god his seat there has
and rules in high-timered hall.

Greenwoods grow, and grasses tall,
in Vithi, Vithar's land:
from horseback leaps the hero, eager
to avenge his father's fall.

By Andhrimnir in Eldhrimnir
Saehrimnir, the boar, is boiled
the best of bacon; though 'tis barely known
what the einherjar eat.

Valfather feeds Freki and Geri
on the flesh of the fallen;
but weapon-glad Othin on wine only
lives forever and ay.

The whole earth over, every day,
hover Hugin and Munin;
I dread lest Hugin droop in his flight,
yet I fear me still mroe for Munin."

And I'm betting there are a few people on my flist who know exactly what this is from. ;)

Edit: I read the rules again and discovered I'd done this wrong... so... revised version. *smiles* Much longer.

Raen.

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[info]pangolin wrote:
Sep. 25th, 2008 01:13 am (UTC)
Unfortunately, the nearest book to me is entitled Reading and Writing Chinese. It does have English sentences of a sort, but is far too dry to be doing this meme with.

I am guessing your lines are from the Eddas, though it could conceivably be Beowulf.
[info]raenshadoe wrote:
Sep. 25th, 2008 04:20 am (UTC)
It is out of the Eddas, yes. *smiles* I have a copy of the Hollander translation sitting on my desk that I've been working my way through slowly... and highlighting... and making notes in the margins.

At some point, I'm sure I'll have to get myself another copy after I've thoroughly destroyed this oene.