Prose Edda — Old Norse facing a living language
Þá mælti Gangleri: "Hver eru nöfn annarra ásanna, eða hvat hafast þeir at, eða hvat hafa þeir gert til frama?" Hárr segir: "Þórr er þeira framast, sá er kallaðr er Ása-Þórr eða Öku-Þórr. Hann er sterkastr allra goðanna ok manna. Hann á þar ríki, er Þrúðvangar heita, en höll hans heitir Bilskirrnir. Í þeim sal eru fimm hundruð gólfa ok fjórir tigir. Þat er hús mest, svá at menn viti.
Then Gangleri asked: "What are the names of the other Aesir, and what do they do, and what have they done to win renown?" High said: "Thor is the foremost of them — the one called Aesir-Thor, or Chariot-Thor. He's the strongest of all gods and men. His realm is called Thrudvangar, and his hall is called Bilskirnir. That hall has five hundred and forty rooms — it's the largest house men know of.
Svá segir í Grímnismálum: 33. Fimm hundruð golfa ok umb fjórum tögum, svá hygg ek Bilskirrni með bugum; ranna þeira, er ek reft vita, míns veit ek mest magar. Þórr á hafra tvá, er svá heita: Tanngnjóstr ok Tanngrisnir, ok reið þá, er hann ekr, en hafrarnir draga reiðna. Því er hann kallaðr Öku-Þórr. Hann á ok þrjá kostgripi.
So it says in Grimnismal: Five hundred floors / and forty more, / I believe, Bilskirnir holds within its walls; / of all the halls / whose roofs I have known, / my son's I know is the greatest. Thor owns two goats, called Tooth-Gnasher and Tooth-Grinder, and a chariot he drives — the goats pull the chariot, which is why he's called Chariot-Thor.
Einn þeira er hamarrinn Mjöllnir, er hrímþursar ok bergrisar kenna, þá er hann kemr á loft, ok er þat eigi undarligt. Hann hefir lamit margan haus á feðrum eða frændum þeira. Annan grip á hann beztan, megingjarðar, ok er hann spennir þeim um sik, þá vex honum ásmegin hálfu. Inn þriðja hlut á hann, þann er mikill gripr er í. Þat eru járnglófar. Þeira má hann eigi missa við hamarskaftit.
He also owns three precious things. One is the hammer Mjollnir, which the rime-giants and mountain-giants know well once it's raised in the air — and no wonder, since it's crushed many a skull among their fathers and kinsmen. The second is the best of them: a belt of strength — when he buckles it on, his godly strength doubles. The third thing, worth just as much, is his iron gloves — he can't grip the hammer's shaft without them.
En engi er svá fróðr, at telja kunni öll stórvirki hans, en segja kann ek þér svá mörg tíðendi frá honum, at dveljast munu stundirnar, áðr en sagt er allt, þat er ek veit."
No one is wise enough to list all his great deeds, but I can tell you enough tales of him to fill the hours before I've told you all I know."