This Is How I Know
For the moon tells me so
As does anxious snow
This is how I know
For the wind tells me so
All these burnings in her
Beaming red; ruby-pure
Shine through the blizzard's blur
Life is burning in her
And so it came to pass
Of a radiant wrath
That a spear was cast
And so it came to pass
Ice spear of the ancient north
Screech owl did send the fires forth
To heat the frozen forge of earth
Ice spear of the ancient north
Ice spear contains the will
Kvasir's blood from dwarf's kill
Golden Odrerir, it doth spill
Ice spear contains the will
This is how I know
For screech owl tells me so
Sign, skald, and swirling snow
This is how I know