One to the Hanged, One to the Slain

64. Flugu hrafnar tveir
af Hnikars öxlum;
Huginn til hanga,
en á hræ Muninn.

Two ravens flew from Hnikar’s
[Óðinn’s] shoulders; Huginn to the hanged
and Muninn to the slain [lit. corpses].


- The Anonymous Verse in the Third Grammatical Treatise