Prose Edda — Old Norse facing a living language
Þá mælti Gangleri: "Hvaðan kemr vindr? Hann er sterkr, svá at hann hrærir stór höf, ok hann æsir eld. En svá sterkr sem hann er, þá má eigi sjá hann, því er hann undarliga skapaðr." Þá mælti Hárr: "Þat kann ek vel segja þér. Á norðanverðum himins enda sitr jötunn sá, er Hræsvelgr heitir. Hann hefir arnarham, en er hann beinir flug, þá standa vindar undan vængjum hans. Hér segir svá: 28.
Then Gangleri asked: "Where does the wind come from? It's strong enough to stir up whole seas and fan fire, yet strong as it is, no one can see it — it's a strange thing, how it's made." High said: "That I can tell you well enough. At the northern edge of the sky sits a giant called Hraesvelg. He wears an eagle's shape, and when he beats his wings for flight, the winds rise up from under them.
Hræsvelgr heitir, er sitr á himins enda, jötunn í arnar ham; af hans vængjum kveða vind koma alla menn yfir."
So it says here: Hraesvelg is his name, who sits at heaven's edge, / a giant in an eagle's coat; / from his wings, they say, / comes every wind that blows over men."