Note 45 — The Wise-Woman’s Prophecy
Henry Adams Bellows translation
From this point on through stanza 57 the poem is quoted by Snorri, stanza 49 alone being omitted. There has been much discussion as to the status of stanza 45. Lines 4 and 5 look like an interpolation. After line 5 the Hauksbok has a line running: “The world resounds, | the witch is flying.” Editors have arranged these seven lines in various ways, with lacunæ freely indicated. Sisters’ sons: in all Germanic countries the relations between uncle and nephew were felt to be particularly close.