HELP ME!

[bovi]

Well, I do understand much of it (or, as long as I read of it), but then again I also have training in Norse. But far less than you, of course, I limited myself to what was required during school and I wouldn't dream of choosing it as a study area.

Odd says to Ragnar Jarl: "Tell me, Jarl, about <confused. The "home" of trolls and gods?>, about trolls and gods." Ragnar answers, "I will, Odd".

"In <the "home", again> stands an ash tree as large as a hill, the Yggdrasil ash. At <?> your homes where it is called Midgard, there we are living. In Utgard the trolls dwell, and it is also called Jotunheim; And Åsgard, there the gods live. Under the tree live two dwarves called Bauga and Branda <or dwarves who forged Bauga and Branda, perhaps>."

It is of course a lot easier to let Google translate for me (lacking the two latter paragraphs):

Odd says to Earl Ragnar, "Tell me, earl, of the world, of gods and giants." Ragnar replies, "That I shall do, Odd." "There is in the world a great ash tree which we call the Ash of Yggdrasil. By the tree there are the worlds called Midgard, where we live; Utgard, where the giants live, but it is also called Jotunheim; and Asgard, where the Aesir gods live. Under the tree there are dwarves, who craft rings and swords." "Lord of the Aesir we call Odin, and he is a very wise god. He has ravens called Hugin and Munin, and those ravens fly around the worlds. That which the ravens see, Odin also sees. Therefore Odin is an all-knowing god. In Asgard there lives also a god named Thor. Thor has the hammer Mjolner and he flies often to Jotunheim and slays giants with it. Many gods live in Asgard, and they all protect the people and the world against evil giants." "I know of Surt, who lives in Muspellsheim. He is a great and evil fire giant. In that world hot fires burn and Surt will lead giants from there against the gods. He will kill the gods with fire and the sword that he has. That giant is exceedingly evil." "In Midgard we humans dwell. Around all of Midgard I know that a serpent is coiling himself, we call him the Midgard Serpent. That serpent is evil. Thor of the Æsir wants to catch that serpent and slay him with the hammer." Now Odd speaks, "Now I know many gods. But some tell me of another that they call Christ. Is he among the Æsir?" Ragnar replies, "That one is not a god but a man. People say he cures the sick and blind, that he rises dead and comes from the sky. Many northern people now have faith in him but I myself do not know the might of Christ."

So you see, plenty of room for misunderstanding.