Valhalla Grimnismal

4 ‘The land is sacred which I see lying
near the Æsir and elves;
but in Thrudheim Thor shall remain,
until the Powers are torn asunder.

5 ‘Yewdale it is called, the place where Ull*
has made a hall for himself;
Alfheim the gods gave to Freyr
in bygone days as tooth-payment.*

6 ‘There is a third home where the cheerful Powers
roofed the rooms with silver;
Valaskialf it is called, which the God designed for himself*
in bygone days.

7 ‘Sokkvabekk a fourth is called and cool waves
resound over it;
there Odin and Saga drink every day,*
joyful, from golden cups.

8 ‘Gladsheim a fifth is called, there gold-bright Valhall
extends out widely;
there Odin chooses every day
those dead in combat.

9 ‘It’s very easy to recognize for those who come to Odin
to see how his hall’s arranged;
spear-shafts the building has for rafters, it’s roofed with shields,
mail-coats are strewn on the benches.

10 ‘It’s very easy to recognize for those who come to Odin
to see how his hall’s arranged;
a wolf hangs west of the door
and an eagle hovers above.*

11 ‘Thrymheim the sixth is called, where Thiazi lived,*
the all-powerful giant;
but now Skadi, the shining bride of the gods,*
lives in her father’s ancient courts.

[...]

18 ‘Andhrimnir has Sæhrimnir boiled
in Eldhrimnir,*
the best of pork; but few know
on what the Einheriar are nourished.

[...]

23 ‘Five hundred doors and forty
I think there are in Valhall;
eight hundred Einheriar will pass through a single door*
when they march out to fight the wolf.

24 ‘Five hundred daises and forty,
so I think Bilskirnir has in all;*
of all those halls which I know to be roofed,
my son’s I know is the greatest.

25 ‘Heidrun is the goat’s name, who stands on Father of Hosts’ hall
and browses on Lærad’s branches;*
she will fill a vat of shining mead;
that liquor cannot ever diminish.

26 ‘Eikthyrnir is the hart’s name, who stands on Father of Hosts’ hall
and browses on Lærad’s branches;
and from his antlers there’s dripping into Hvergelmir,
from thence all waters make their way:

[...]

36 ‘Hrist and Mist, I wish would bear a horn to me,*
Skeggiold and Skogul,
Hild and Thrud, Hlokk and Herfiotur,
Goll and Geirolul,
Randgrid and Radgrid, and Reginleif;
they bear ale to the Einheriar.


- Poetic Edda, Grimnismal


(Note: The speaker here is Odin.)