Thors fishing trip.
Once the thundergod went out to fish with the giant Hymir. They were having a friendly strife as to who could catch the biggest prey and while Hymir managed to catch whole whales, Thor caught the biggest thing there ever was in the entire sea.
Jörmungandr, the Midgard-serpent.
Inscription: (from Hymiskviða, Stanza 23 and 24)
᛬ᛏᚱᚢ᛫ᛏᛁᛅᚱᚠᛚᛁᚴᛅ᛫ᛏᛅᚦᚱᛅᚴᚱ᛫ᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᚢᚱᛘ᛫ᛁᛏᚱᚠᛅᚾ᛫ᚢᚹ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᛒᚢᚱᚦᛁ᛬
᛬ᚼᛅᛘᚱᛁ᛫ᚴᚾᛁᚦᛁ᛫ᚼᛅᚠᛁᛅᛚ᛫ᛋᚴᛅᚱᛅᚱ᛫ᚢᚠᛚᛁᚢᛏ᛫ᚮᚠᛅᚾ᛫ᚢᛚᚠᛋ᛫ᚼᚾᛁᛏᛒᚱᚢᚦᚢᚱ᛬
᛬ᛋᛅᚴᚦᛁᛋᚴ᛫ᛋᛁᚦᛅᚾ᛫ᛋᛅ᛫ᚠᛁᛋᚴᚱ᛫ᛁ᛫ᛘᛅᚱ᛬
Dró djarfliga dáðrakkr Þórr orm eitrfáan upp at borði;
hamri kníði háfjall skarar ofljótt ofan ulfs hnitbróður.
[…]sökkðisk síðan sá fiskr í mar.
The venomous serpent swiftly up to the boat did Thor, the bold one, pull;
With his hammer the loathly hill of the hair Of the brother of Fenrir he smote from above.
[…]Then sank the fish in the sea forthwith.
᛬ᛏᛁᛚ᛫ᛆᚱᛋ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᚠᚱᛁᚦᛆᚱ᛬
til árs ok friðar
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