Prose Edda — Old Norse facing a living language
Þá mælti Gangleri: "Þat segir þú, at allir þeir menn, er í orrustu hafa fallit frá upphafi heims eru nú komnir til Óðins í Valhöll. Hvat hefir hann at fá þeim at vistum? Ek hugða, at þar skyldi vera allmikit fjölmenni." Þá svarar Hárr: "Satt er þat, er þú segir, allmikit fjölmenni er þar. En miklu fleira skal enn verða, ok mun þó oflítit þykkja, þá er úlfrinn kemr.
Then Gangleri said: "You've told me that everyone who's fallen in battle since the world began is now with Odin in Valhalla. What does he give them to eat? I'd have thought there must be an enormous crowd there." High answered: "What you say is true — there's a vast crowd there, and it will grow far larger still, though it will seem all too small once the Wolf comes.
En aldri er svá mikill mannfjölði í Valhöll, at eigi má þeim endast flesk galtar þess, er Sæhrímnir heitir. Hann er soðinn hvern dag, ok heill at aftni. En þessi spurning, er nú spyrr þú, þykkir mér líkara, at fáir myni svá vísir vera, at hér kunni satt af at segja. Andhrímnir heitir steikarinn, en Eldhrímnir ketillinn. Svá er hér sagt: 46.
But however many gather in Valhalla, the meat of the boar called Saehrimnir never runs out. He's boiled every day and whole again by evening. As for the question you're asking now, I doubt many are wise enough to give you the true answer. The cook is called Andhrimnir, the cauldron Eldhrimnir.
Andhrímnir lætr í Eldhrímni Sæhrímni soðinn, fleska bazt, en þat fáir vitu, við hvat einherjar alask." Þá mælti Gangleri: "Hvárt hefir Óðinn þat sama borðhald sem einherjar?" Hárr segir: "Þá vist, er á hans borði stendr, gefr hann tveim úlfum, er hann á, er svá heita, Geri ok Freki. En enga vist þarf hann: Vín er honum bæði drykkr ok matr. Svá segir hér: 47.
So it says here: Andhrimnir cooks Saehrimnir / in Eldhrimnir, / the best of meats — / but few know / what feeds the Einherjar." Then Gangleri asked: "Does Odin eat the same fare as the champions?" High said: "The food set before him he gives to his two wolves, called Geri and Freki — he himself needs no food at all. Wine is both his food and his drink.
Gera ok Freka seðr gunntamiðr, hróðigr Herjaföður; en við vín eitt vápngöfigr Óðinn æ lifir. Hrafnar tveir sitja á öxlum honum ok segja í eyru honum öll tíðendi, þau er þeir sjá eða heyra. Þeir heita svá, Huginn ok Muninn. Þá sendir hann í dagan at fljúga um heim allan, ok koma þeir aftr at dögurðarmáli. Þar af verðr hann margra tíðenda víss. Því kalla menn hann Hrafnaguð, svá sem sagt er: 48.
So it says here: Geri and Freki / the battle-tried Father of Hosts / feeds, glory-famed; / but on wine alone, / weapon-splendid, / Odin lives, forever. Two ravens sit on his shoulders and tell him everything they see or hear — they're called Hugin and Munin. He sends them off at dawn to fly across the whole world, and they come back at the midday meal. That's how he learns so much.
Huginn ok Muninn fljúga hverjan dag jörmungrund yfir; óumk ek Hugin, at hann aftr né komi, þó sjáumk ek meir of Munin."
That's why men call him the Raven-God, as it says: Hugin and Munin / fly every day / over the wide world; / I fear for Hugin / that he might not come back, / but I fear more for Munin."