Text by: unknown author, c. 900-950 AD, found in the Merseburg cathedral, Germany [Chorus] Eiris sâzun idisi, sâzun hêra duoder. suma haft heftidun, suma heri lêzidun, suma clûbodun umbi cuniowidi: insprinc haftbandun, infar wîgandun. [Verse] Phôl ende Wuodan fuorun zi holza. dû wart demo balderes folon sîn fuoz birenkit. thû biguol en Sinthgunt, Sunna era swister; thû biguol en Frîja, Folla era swister; thû biguol en Wuodan, sô hê wola conda: sôse bênrenki, sôse bluotrenki, sôse lidirenki: bên zi bêna, bluot zi bluoda, lid zi geliden, sôse gelîmida sîn. [Chorus] Eiris sâzun idisi, sâzun hêra duoder. suma haft heftidun, suma heri lêzidun, suma clûbodun umbi cuniowidi: insprinc haftbandun, infar wîgandun. [Chorus] Eiris sâzun idisi, sâzun hêra duoder. suma haft heftidun, suma heri lêzidun, suma clûbodun umbi cuniowidi: insprinc haftbandun, infar wîgandun. [Chorus] Eiris sâzun idisi, sâzun hêra duoder. suma haft heftidun, suma heri lêzidun, suma clûbodun umbi cuniowidi: insprinc haftbandun, infar wîgandun. Translation: [Chorus] Once sat the Idisi, they sat here and there; some tied fetters, some hindered the army, some loosened the fetters: Leap free from the bonds, escape the enemies! [Verse 1] Phol and Wodan rode into the woods; then Balder’s foal sprained its foot. Then Sinthgunt sang spells over it — and Sunna with her; then Frija sang spells over it — and Volla with her; then Wodan himself sang a spell over it: Bone-sprain, blood-sprain, limb-sprain: bone to bone, blood to blood, limb to limb — let them grow together, let them be whole again!
