Prose Edda — Old Norse facing a living language
Þá mælti Gangleri: "Spyrja vil ek tíðenda af fleirum ásunum." Hárr segir: "Annarr sonr Óðins er Baldr, ok er frá honum gott at segja. Hann er beztr, ok hann lofa allir. Hann er svá fagr álitum ok bjartr, svá at lýsir af honum, ok eitt gras er svá hvítt, at jafnat er til Baldrs brár. Þat er allra grasa hvítast, ok þar eftir máttu marka fegurð hans bæði á hár ok á líki.
Then Gangleri said: "I'd like to hear about more of the Aesir." High said: "Odin's second son is Baldr, and there's nothing but good to say of him. He is the best, and everyone praises him. He's so fair and bright to look at that light shines off him, and there's a flower so white it's compared to Baldr's brow — the whitest of all flowers, and from it you can judge the fairness of both his hair and his body.
Hann er vitrastr ásanna ok fegrst talaðr ok líknsamastr, en sú náttúra fylgir honum, at engi má haldast dómr hans. Hann býr þar, sem heitir Breiðablik. Þat er á himni. Í þeim stað má ekki vera óhreint, svá sem hér segir: 34. Breiðablik heita, þar er Baldr hefir sér of görva sali, á því landi, er ek liggja veit fæsta feiknstafi
He's the wisest of the Aesir, the most eloquent, and the most gentle, and he has this nature: that no judgment of his can ever be overturned. He lives at the place called Breidablik, which is in the sky — nothing unclean can exist there, as it says here: Breidablik it's called, where Baldr / has built himself a hall, / in that land where I know / the fewest evil signs lie hidden.