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This is the only traditional Norse prayer known to survive into modern times. After having long been transferred in the oral tradition of the Norse peoples, it was finally recorded in the Poetic Edda in the 1200s, and reads as follows:

Heill dagr
heilir dags synir
heil nótt ok nipt
óreiðum augum
lítið okkr þinig
ok gefið sitjöndum sigr

Heilir æsir
heilar ásynjur
heil sjá in fjölnýta fold
mál ok mannvit
gefið okkr mærum tveim
ok læknishendr meðan lifum

These verses offer a unique insight into the structure of traditional Norse prayer. Below, we have translated the text into English, maintaining the traditional poetic ljódahátt-metre:

Hail Day!
Hail sons of Day!
Hail Night and nipt!
With tender eyes
Look upon us, little twain
And vouchsafe victory to the sitting

Hail Æsir!
Hail Ásynjar!
Hail the magnanimous Earth!
Tongue and man-wit
Give to us, noble twain
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