Sun of holiness,      shield of Day,
All-seeing            as Othinn's eye,
Hail-Melter,          mightier than Thurses;
Thunder-brand,        threat from above
Giver of Life,        greatest of signs,
The hope of sailors,  steering wanderers
Over all the ways     of the whale's road.
Weal and warmpth      and woe of ice;
Truth-harrier,        harmful to lies,
Day- wheel            warding right,
Whirling fire         that fills the Hero,
Spring of Sig         on sword's edge bright
Troth's heart-gate,   hung in the welkin's hall,
Wakes the wheels,     the will strengthens,
Teaches the wise      to wield Wod-craft,
Hallows the heart,    heals illness,
Burning out all cold  that chills life.
Though ever stalked   by a sib of Fenris;
Ungraspable Sunna     grants to Midgarth
Boonful gifts         begotten of Her:
Honey sweet           for skalds' mead,
Rings of gold         for gadlings' arms,
Herbs stark           against sickness,
And Burning Sow's     bright sorrow-stones.

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